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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 685

MIDDLESEX, London, Daniel Eaton, Halfpenny, 1795, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 8.20g (D&H 301), small edge bruise and previously wiped, very fine; William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, plain edge, 6h, 14.43g (D&H 302), light scratch, otherwise lustrous and hints of red, extremely fine; Foundling Fields, Halfpenny, 1795, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 8.13g (D&H 305), lightly contact marked, very fine; John Fowler, Whale Fishery, Halfpenny, 1794, plain edge, 6h, 9.20g (D&H 306), lightly worn, about very fine; Franklin Press, Halfpenny, 1794, plain edge, 6h, 7.59g (D&H 307a), lightly contact marked, hint of lustre, very fine; Barnet Guest, Halfpenny, 1795, PAYABLE AT LONDON on edge, 6h, 9.08g (D&H 308), hint of red, very fine; Hatfield's Halfpenny, 1795, plain edge, 6h, 9.53g (D&H 323), hints of red, good extremely fine; Hendon, B. Price, Halfpenny, 1794, 7h, 6.83g (D&H 324), very fine; another, 1794, plain edge, 12h, 8.82g (D&H 325), lightly contact marked, very fine; Heslop's Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 5h, 8.17g (D&H 336b), hints of red, extremely fine, a charming design; Ibberson's Halfpenny, PAYABLE AT THE GEORGE & BLUE BOAR LONDON, on edge, 6h, 10.07g (D&H 339), flashy blue lustre and toning to reverse, dark surfaces, extremely fine; another, imitation struck by Taylor of Holborn, c.1870, undated, plain edge, 6h, 9.79g (D&H 343), patchy tone, lustre to reverse, good very fine; Kelly's Halfpenny, undated, PAYABLE AT LONDON, on edge, 6h, 9.30g (D&H 345), stained and pitted to reverse, hints of lustre, very fine; another, as before, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 9.68g (D&H 345e), lightly contact marked, hint of lustre, very fine; Kilvington's Halfpenny, 1795, engrailed edge, 6h, 8.76g (D&H 346), cleaned, very fine (15)

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)




i) Daniel Isaac Eaton was a printer and publisher, most known for his publication of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man. Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher and revolutionary. Eaton himself was also somewhat of a revolutionary and political thinker. He was tried on multiple times for the publication of seditious material against the King. He was eventually found guilty of libel but managed to flee to America for three years, only to face fifteen months in prison on his return, and the destruction of £28,000 worth of stock by fire. In 1812 he was sentenced to eighteen months in Newgate Prison and then an hour in the pillory where he was cheered and showered with flowers the whole time. He died in poverty a few years afterwards. For some time, he occupied a shop at "The Cock and Swine" the emblem of which is featured on the reverse of the token

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