Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 3rd May 2018

Lot 1066

A group of British 18th and 19th Century copper tokens

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £220

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Description

A group of British 18th and 19th Century copper tokens, comprising: Inverness, halfpenny, 1797, ''CONCORDIA ET FIDELITAS', cornucopia, rev. thistles, edge MACKINTOSH INGLIS & WILSON'S, good very fine or better with lustre; Bilston, S. Fereday, penny, 1811, Priestfield Furnaces, good very fine or better with some lustre; Walsall, Joseph Parker, penny, 1811, druid, very fine or better; Irish Mines, Cronebane halfpenny, 1789, good very fine; London, Francis Shackleton, halfpenny 1794, Royal arms, rev. candle mould, edge 'SUFFOLK STREET HAY MARKET', very fine or better; Portsmouth, promissory halfpenny, 1796, St George and Dragon, rev. ship with salmon below, edge 'PAYABLE AT S, SALMON etc', good very fine; another similar, edge 'S SALMON etc', near very fine; Bath, Botanic Gardens, halfpenny 1794, garden entrance, rev. tree and ruined wall, edge plain, very fine or better with some lustre; Portsea, halfpenny 1794, good very fine; halfpenny, 1794, PRO BONO PUBLICO, ship, rev. shield with hedgehog 'INDUSTRY HAS ITS SURE REWARDS', very fine; T. Hardy, TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON, halfpenny, 1794, rev. ACQUITTED BY HIS JURY', slightly mis-struck, good fine. [11]