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LOT 3615
United Kingdom. Yorkshire CU Hull Half Penny Token. Dated 1794.
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. Very Fine.(9.11gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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England. North Yorkshire, Easingwold, Michaell Woodward AE Half Penny Token. Dated 1668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
★ MICHAELL • WOODWARD, male figure standing facing, smoking pipe / ★ OF • EESINGWOVLD • 1668; HIS HALFE PENNY ✿✿✿ in four lines. Dickenson 88. 1.39gr, 21mm, 12h.
Fine.
Found Huby, Yorkshire, UK, in December 2001. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an illustrated record card by Jim Halliday dated 20 January 2002. -
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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. -
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).
