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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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Ireland. Camac Kyan and Camac CU Halfpenny Token. 1792.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dublin mint. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792, Hibernia seated to left, right hand on knee and left hand on harp with six strings set on ground to right / CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY around monogram of H M Co (Hibernian Mining Company). Edge inscription: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH •. DH 29-173. 11.53gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Ireland. Cronebane CU Halfpenny Token. Dated 1793.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Anglesey mint. Hooded bust of Druid to left within oak wreath with eighteen acorns / ASSOCIATED IRISH MINE COMPANY, shield of arms with windlass crest dividing date. Edge inscription: PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL. DH 428. 9.71gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
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United Kingdom. Yorkshire CU Hull Half Penny Token. Dated 1794.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
HULL HALF PENNY 1791, shield of arms between sprigs of oak / PRO BONO PUBLICO, ship sailing to right, date in exergue. Edge inscription: CURRENT EVERY WHERE. DH 23. 9.11gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
