LOT 3441
Ireland. Cronebane CU Halfpenny Token. Dated 1789.
Wicklow mint. CRONEBANE HALFPENNY, bust of Saint Patrick to right, wearing mitre / ASSOCIATED IRISH MINERS ARMS, shield of arms, crest a windlass dividing date. Edge inscription: PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL. DH 43b. Very Fine.(10.16gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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. -
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England. Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds 'Boy Bishop' PB Token. Time of Plantagenet to Tudor, circa 15th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Cast at Bury St. Edmund's. St. Nicholas ('Boy Bishop') series. Illegible inscription, bishop's mitre / Illegible inscription, long cross pattée, triple pellets in quarters. Cf. Mitchiner & Skinner II group i, 8. 1.62gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK.
This token is a remnant of an old tradition held in England during the Middle Ages. From St. Nicholas' day on December 6 to Childermass on December 28, a choir boy from certain churches and abbeys was selected to be a 'boy Bishop' for the period. During this time the child wore bishop's robes, preached sermons and headed a procession. These tokens are assumed to be part of this ceremony and may have been used by the boy to exchange for sweetmeats or alms. -
England. North Yorkshire, York, Phillipp Rosendall AE Half Penny Token. 17th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
✶ PHILLIPP • ROSENDALL, three figures around globe (the World's End) / ✶ IN • WATER • LANE • IN • YORK, HIS HALF PENY in three lines. Dickenson 431. 1.45gr, 19mm, 12h.
Fair.
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.
