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LOT 3661
Group of Six [6] Post Medieval AR Love Tokens. 17th-18th century AD.
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.' Condition as seen.(14.16gr total.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3661
Group of Six [6] Post Medieval AR Love Tokens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Ireland. James Hilles CU Penny Token. Dated 1813.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ONE PENNY TOKEN, two men working at a rolling mill, in exergue, J. HILLES DUBLIN / PAYABLE IN BANK OF IRELAND NOTES 1813, sprig of shamrock. DH 1816. 17.88gr, 34mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Ireland. Wicklow, Cronebane CU Halfpenny Token. 1790's.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
John of Gaunt / Hibernia mule issue. IOHN OF GAUNT DUKE OF LANCASTER, crowned and draped bust to left / HIBERNIA, Hibernia seated to left holding harp, oak sprig in exergue. Edge inscription: CURRENT EVERY WHERE. DH 76. 8.29gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
England. West Yorkshire, Leeds AE Half Penny Token. Dated 1668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
I • PASS • TO • & • FRO • FOR, A HALF PENY / IN • LEEDS • 1668, sugar loaf. Dickenson 175. 1.22gr, 19mm.
Fine.
Found Huby, Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by a record slip by Craig Barclay.
