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This Will Be the Third from the Last List That Concentrates on British Tokens BILL McKIVOR CTCC #3 PO BOX 46135 SEATTLE, WA 98146 (206) 244-8345 ----------------------------- E-Mail [email protected] WEB SITE----------------------------------------------------------------bookmark www.thecoppercorner.com THE COPPER CORNER November, December 2019 , January 2020 “Something for Everyone” 18th Century “CONDER” TOKENS-------17TH Century tokens—19th Century tokens Medals, medalets, unusual historical items LIST # 98 WELCOME TO LIST #98----This will be the third from the last list that concentrates on British tokens. List #99 will be in January, and #100 will be in April of 2020. As they go, the lists will feature really good material, some from my own collection. As to why---- The Copper Corner has a new owner, he will be starting in the spring, if not before, with some tokens on a new web site, with of all things photos, ability to buy on line, ability to pay right now, and other things. Of course he will also take e-mails and phone calls. His name is Brian Herriott, he lives in Ohio, and will let him eventually give you all the details. From what I see, he is a very nice fellow, who wants to do everything right by the customer, and continue the service I give. I think you will like him a lot.. And, he will be around for years, as he is, looking at my age---really quite young. Until he gets things rolling, he will be working on his web site, and I shall keep on keeping on. So, the auctions this last fall, there was one, at DNW, that contained the collections of four collectors, which made it an auction that had depth in nearly all of D&H. The quality was quite good, though you did need to look at what you were buying to get one with no problems, that is just my fair warning at every auction. Though I am leaving the business, I still bid on a good number of tokens and will have some nice things from the sale as time goes on. So, am not gone, will be around at least until June of next year. As well, am keeping the web site, and will have some British items, many medals--- as well as some Western Americana, which if you did not know, I also collect. And, if you see an ad for some of my antique cars for sale, do not be surprised. I might even attach a photo of those, but right now will tell you that I have for sale a 1956 Studebaker Sky Hawk, 2 door hardtop Hawk, with the 289 motor, auto trans,--both engine and trans refurbished, 4 wheel disk brakes, and power steering. It needs to be finished, but has a nice new red leather interior---will need some new trim pieces, rechroming of a number of parts, a look at the exhaust system, a bit of upper fender work, and if you feel you need it a power assist on the 4 wheel disk brakes, which are essentially new. The suspension needs a bit of work too---- It also has 5 new tires. $12,500 or best offer. I drove it around today!! Sort of interested? Can e-mail you a photo of the car. And, of course, if you need a new D&H, do not forget that they are available now, the price $125 plus $10 for shipping, See page TWELVE for ordering and shipping information. Available from yours truly in the USA, and from Alan Judd in the UK, [email protected] this at 88 pounds. I still love the 18th C series, and you never know what I might have. 18th CENTURY TOKENS AS CATALOGUED BY DALTON AND HAMER PAGE TWO BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CHESHAM 20 1795 Cypher. Lion, castle above//Chesham Arms. AU, luster $85 SLOUGH 22 1794 Arms// Lion Rampant. 60% red UNC, choice $175. DERBYSHIRE BUXTON 3 1796 Building, the “Crescent”, Arms. Full luster bronzed UNC, no flaws, this Piece super---This is the only token from Buxton, or from Derbyshire, actually, broken dies twice stopped coining. There were 6 #1’s , 36 #2’s, and only 200 #3’s. Choice, rare location, $395. DORSETSHIRE POOLE 6a 1795 Hope Standing, Anchor//Arms. Very scarce milled edge, UNC $125. SHERBORNE 7 1793 ppw Cypher//Spread Eagle. Ex Dr. Doty,. Strike tad weak so EF $125. POOLE 10 1795 Hope, Anchor, shield//Arms. Farthing, PL luster, super UNC $135. ESSEX ESSEX RARE!! 1 1796. Stag, Tree//Epping Forest. Lustrous, obverse R&B, Reverse Brown, Very minor spot and rough flan in obverse field, super eye appeal, a keeper. Shilling denominated. UNC $550. DUNMOW 11b 1795 Family Arms//A Flitch of Bacon. RARE, bronzed UNC $275. HORNCHURCH 33 ND Bust, Edward IV//Arms. Bronzed, super surfaces UNC $135. MALDON 35 ND Shield of Arms//Watchmaker’s Arms.Scarce. Luster, gemmy UNC $275. WOODFORD 39 1796 Wheatsheaf, sickle, doves//Compass,Wheel, &c. Original flashy luster, wonderful strike, and a genuine very RARE token. Top condition, lovely, $795. Another, 50% red UNC, great luster and eye appeal, super strike, choice $ $650. GLOUCESTERSHIRE each Badminton token, 150 struck. BADMINTON 27 1796 George III//A Wheat Sheaf. Tiny spot, but a choice UNC $155, BADMINTON 45 1795 Wheat Sheaf//Duke of Beaufort, &c, Obv 100% RED rev 50% UNC $175. BADMINTON 49 1796 Pair of Scales//A Beggar receiving alms. UNC $125, BADMINTON 55 1796 Pair of Scales 3 ½ LBS//Scales, 6 ¼ LBS. Tad Red, UNC $145. NEWENT 64 1796 Shield, Apple Tree//Legend in a circle, R&B UNC, sharp, $195. HAMPSHIRE GOSPORT 3 1798 A Penny Token, and one of my favorite pieces in the entire book, the obverse, Flags and Drum//The Reverse, with Napoleon’s Raft, built to invade England, which did not happen. The legend reading “British Triumphant”//”French folly in building rafts”. A small piece of history on a penny, Super luster, UNC, Bronzed, $1250. RARE-----and gemmy. Ex Gerson, EX Farnell. EMSWORTH 13 1794 Earl Howe//Britannia. Luster, some red, tad rub, super AU $65. EMSWORTH 20e 1794 Earl Howe//King and Constitution. Plain edge, luster UNC $110. PETERSFIELD 48c 1793 Mounted Dragoon//Stork. D&H say RR, I say Scarce, UNC AU $125. PORTSMOUTH 65 1797 Neptune, Chariot, Jervis &c//Sir John Jervis, very nice AU $125. PORTSEA 80 1796 St. George, Dragon//Ship, Fish—Scarce, Net GVF, nice $55. KENT BROOKLAND 5 1794 Kentish horse in oval//Hanging Fleece &c. A tough piece to find with no die crack at bottom of obverse---this one a little thin barely started crack, AU-UNC $115. CANTERBURY 6 1794 View of Cathedral//Arms. Perfect surfaces, pretty Ch UNC $125. DEAL 11 1794 Ship//Arms of the Cinque Ports. Soft strike center rev, but UNC $115. DYMCHURCH 15 1794 Justice Standing//Lamb, Cypher. Scarce. Nice, UNC $145. LAMBERHURST 35 1794 Arms of Chichester//Arms of Canterbury nice Surfaces, AU++ $55. TENTERDEN 42 1794 Horse and Dray//Brewer’s Arms. This “always” weak obverse is again, but is quite a bit better than usual. Horse perfect, barrels not bad at all. Choice AU $110. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY Kent tokens are almost always 1794? Wm Lutwyche had a man selling tokens to merchants during 1793, and he sold many on the token idea. It seems to me that he oversold the merchants, kept part of them, and had many UNCs to sell to collectors. A possible thing-- MIDDLESEX PENNY TOKENS PAGE THREE L&W series, all RARE, others as marked. HALL’S 26a 1795. Sir Jeffery Dunston//Hall’s &C. some marks, but near UNC, the penny striking is Certainly Scarce, this a high grade example that has been handled. AU, then, $295. KEMPSON’S 52 1795 St.. Paul’s Church//Arms of London. 70% red but 2 small spots, UNC $225. KEMPSON’S 53 ND Foundling Hospital/Arms. As struck, obv 100% red, rev 70% red, a good deal going for it, just $275. KEMPSON’S 66 ND St.Thomas’s Hospital//Arms. Nice luster, $165 KEMPSON/S 71 1797 Justice Standing//Black Friar’s Bridge. Obv R&B, UNC a token with nice eye appeal and very nice surfaces. $395. KEMPSON’S 78 1797 Ludgate//Justice Standing. No marks, obverse red, rev toned, $225. Another, this Red and Brown, a choice UNC $250. London, Westminster 84 1797 Trinity House//City Arms. Two, this one Virtually as Struck, a sharp strike on a R&B UNC, bit two toned on the reverse, $450. Another, bronzed, rim fault, luster UNC $325. LONDON, West--- 109 1797 Stationer’s Hall//City Arms. Nice luster, no prob, mostly red UNC $450 SKIDMORE’S 160 ND Scion House, fully UNC, minor scratch ,no other prob. reduced to $180. SKIDMORE’S 161 ND Smallpox Hospital St. Pancras///Arms. A mostly brown lustrous UNC, very nice indeed, good color and flash, this piece very Scarce. $475. SKIDMORE’S 162 ND South Sea House//Arms. Blemish free but for 1 tiny spot, UNC now $180. SKIDMORE’S 164 1797 Lord Stormont’s House in Wandsworth//Arms. Ton of luster, nearly all a nice blend of R&B, good addition to collection at $350. NATIONAL 180 1789 Bust George III//Urn, Snake. Struck in 1789 by the Soho Mint to celebrate the King’s return from his bout of Madness. A bit hard to find in Copper, this AU $175. NATIONAL 181 1789 Bust of George II//Snake, Urn. As above, struck to celebrate the King’s Return from his bout of madness. In BARTON’S METAL, gilt rim, very RARE in this presentation form. This a choice UNC $475. GUILDHALL 194 ND This an unusual find, it is cupro-nickel and was struck around 1870, however it is listed in Dalton and Hamer.
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