LOT 3396
England. Lincolnshire, Barrow-on-Humber, Brian Coverdaill AE Half Penny Token. 17th century AD.
[BRIAN.]COVERD[AILL.IN.], fishing boat with sail / ✿ BARROW • VPPON [HVM]BER, HIS HALF PENY in three lines. Dickenson 9. Fair.(1.08gr, 19mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound Sutton Fields, Sutton on the Forest, Yorkshire, UK, in 2002.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an illustrated record slip by Jim Halliday dated 9 August 2003.
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LOT 3396
England. Lincolnshire, Barrow-on-Humber, Brian Coverdaill AE Half Penny Token.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Group of Six [6] Post Medieval AR Love Tokens. 17th-18th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Each coin worn flat and bent into a double-curved 's' profile for use as a token of love. The custom of giving a bent coin as a love-token is known from the 17th century in England. The coins were usually smoothed to obliterate the monarch’s head and then bent twice; sometimes they were engraved with initials or symbols such as hearts or knots. If the sweetheart accepted the youth's advances, she kept the token; if not, she disposed of the coin. The tradition is referred to in the children's rhyme 'There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, he found a crooked sixpence on a crooked stile.' 14.16gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Ireland. Cronebane CU Halfpenny Token. Dated 1789.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CRONEBANE HALFPENNY, bust of Saint Patrick to right, wearing mitre / ASSOCIATED IRISH MINERS ARMS, shield of arms, crest a windlass dividing date. No edge inscription. 9.47gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
England. North Yorkshire, York, Robert Benson AE Half Penny Token. Dated 1667.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
★ ROBERT • BENSON :, HIS HALF PENY in three lines / ★ IN • YORKE • 1667, R•I•B around Mercer's Arms. Dickenson 383. 1.18gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Found Huby, Yorkshire, UK, 19 January 2002. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an illustrated record card by Jim Halliday dated 19 January 2002.
