16th Feb, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Coins & Banknotes

 
  Lot 2049
 

2049

4 x 18th Century Halfpenny Tokens comprising: Lancaster, obv. ‘JOHN OF GAUNT DUKE OF LANCASTER’ around crowned bust, rev. ‘HALFPENNY 1794’ around Shield of Arms, edge ‘LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL’ good edge & surfaces GVF or+, Warwickshire obv. ‘JOHN WILKINSON IRONMASTER’ around bust, rev. ‘HALFPENNY 1791’ around Vulcan seated at anvil, sailing ship in background, rev. scratches o/wise Fine+, Middlesex obv. ‘MAIL COACH HALFPENNY’ & ‘TO TRADE EXPEDITION & TO PROPERTY PROTECTION’ ‘PAYABLE IN LONDON’ around coach & horses, rev. ‘TO J PALMER. ESQ etc ‘JF’ cypher below, edge plain, undated (1797), minor contact marks VF or+ & Middlesex obv. ‘AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER’ around kneeling slave, rev. ‘MAY SLAVERY AND OPRESSION (sic) CEASE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD’ around clasped hands, edge ‘PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON’ undated (circa 1795), minor contact marks VF, together with 3 x commemorative medals: ‘First Powered Flight’ obv. busts of Wilbur & Orville Wright, rev. ‘FIRST POWERED FLIGHT DECEMBER 17, 1903’ around view of Kitty Hawk in flight, silver-plated nickel brass, 38mm, GVF, ‘First Dock at Fleetwood’ commemorating the Preston & Wyre Railway, Harbour & Dock Company’s opening of Fleetwood Dock 1877, features sailing ships & trains both sides, holed at 12 o’clock, nickel silver, 37mm GVF & ‘S.S. Great Britain’ a gilt bronze medal commemorating the safe return of the S.S. Great Britain from the Falklands to Bristol in 1970, obv. S.S.Great Britain under sail & details of its original launch & construction, light handling marks o/wise lustrous as struck.

Sold for £160
Estimated at £70 - £90


 

Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 16th Feb, 2022

 

The Coins, Tokens and Banknotes Sale covers coins from Ancient Greek and Roman examples through to modern day currency, banknotes, tokens, medallions and numismatic books.

 

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Tuesday 15 February 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am

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