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England. Warwickshire, Coventry AE Merchant Halfpenny Token. Dated 1793.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
PRO BONO PUBLICO with Lady Godiva on horseback with head coming under the second O of BONO, date in exergue / COVENTRY HALFPENNY with Elephant and castle (The arms of the city). DH# 242 10.15gr, 29mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Spence's Odd Fellows Conder AE Halfpenny. Struck 1790s. Middlesex Political Token.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ODD . FELLOWS. QUIS RIDES. with Janiform, conjoined heads of Pitt and Fox / HONOUR above Heart on palm of hand within wreath, edge plain. D&H 804c. Middlesex D&H 804c. 10.36gr, 28mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Mark Master Mason's AE Masonic Token. 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Hiram, Tyrian, Widow's Son, Sent to King Solomon legend around a triangle containing a masonic emblem, surrounded by coded writing, around all, an ouroboros symbol of a snake eating its tail / ADVANCED SON OF MAN . MARK WELL around Masonic emblem of a bell and rod. 18.65gr, 32mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Pre WWI Commemorative 'Victoria Penny' AE Token. 20 November 1913.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Engraved on a host Victorian penny dated 1889, to the edge: E.ARBUTHNOT., with 20 NOV 1913 in three lines to the centre; which could refer to several individuals, including the novelist E. Arnot Robertson (real name Eileen Arbuthnot Robertson Turner), the artist Mary E. Arbuthnot, or the businessman and optometrist Edward Victor Arbuthnot. 9.23gr, 32mm, 10h.
Engraving Very Fine / Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. London, John Baker of the White Swan without Moorgate AE Halfpenny Token. Dated 1667.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
✿ IOHN • BAKER • AT • Y • WHITE, swan to left / ✿ SWAN • WITHOUT • MOREGATE around, HIS HALFE PENNY 1997 in four lines. Williamson, London 1965. 1.52gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found White Waltham, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-9C8F54. -
Russian Empire. Catherine II AE Restrike Token. Dated 1791 (restrike). Commemorative issue of Peace with the Turks (Porta).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Monogram of Catherine II / МИРЪ СЪ ПОРТОЮ ДЕКАБРЯ 29 ДНЯ 1791 ГОДА (''Peace with Porta 29 December 1791 year'') in four lines. Rudenko 1791.3; Bitkin HЖ1399. 9.49gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
England. Colnbrook, Edmund Slocombe AE Farthing Token. Dated 1653.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
★ EDMVND ♦ SLOCOMBE around three stags / ★ IN • COLEBROOKE ♦ 1653 around •S• E • D in two lines. Williamson 48. 0.97gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Found Windsor and Maidenhead, UK. -
Great Britain. Prince of Wales Commemorative CU Box with Seven [7] Coins. Coins dated 1848.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Circle box decorated with Prince of Wales's feathers with motto 'ICH DIEN' and inscribed 'THE PRINCE OF WALES BOX'. 3.67gr, 17mm (box).
Condition as seen.
Ex Coincraft, London, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
USA. Ku Klux Klan Nickel Alloy Members Token. 1920s-1930s. ID or 'Challenge' coin.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
SYMWAO - MIAFA with eagle standing left on hilly terrain with burning cross to left / NON SILBA * SED ANTHAR *, fasces above crossed-stick emblem with plain edge. 10.82gr, 31mm, 6h.
About Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Objects depicting symbols of hate or related to organised hate groups may be offensive and disturbing, however we have listed this token to present and preserve its historical context and to provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate USA history and culture. -
United States of America. Washington & Independence AE Token. Dated 1793.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
WASHINGTON & INDEPENDENCE, laureate and draped bust to left, date below / UNITED STATES, Liberty seated to left, holding olive branch in right hand and liberty cap on pole in left hand. Vlack 13/J; Musante GW-106; Baker 2; W-10300. 7.04gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Ex B.A. Seaby Ltd, London W1. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. With old handwritten Seaby packet. -
Germany. Nürnberg, Hans Krauwinkel AE Rechenpfennig. Circa 1586-1635.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
✿ SCHIF * PFENING * NVRENBERG, ship to left / ✿ HANS * KRAVWINCKEL * GOTES, lozenge with four fleur-de-lis. Neum. 32255; Stalzer 213; Mitch. 1480-1485. 2.01gr, 26mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Austria. Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia Empress AR Posthumous Taler. Dated 1780. Restrike.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
M · THERESIA · D · G · R · IMP · HU · BO · REG ·, veilied and crowned bust of Empress Maria Theresia of Habsburg to right; S · F · below / ARCHID · AVST · DUX · BURG · CO · TYR · 1780 · ☓, coat of arms of Maria Theresia on double-crowned shield divided into four fields representing Hungary, Bohemia, Burgundy, and Burgau (Günzburg); crowned inner shield with coat of arms of Austria; supported by crowned and nimbate double-headed eagle. Edge inscription: IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA. KM T1; Yeoman 55; Gigante 2. 28.04gr, 41mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.