Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 718
SOMERSET, Bristol, Hawkins Bird, Halfpenny, 1793, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 10.03g (D&H 89), residual lustre, areas of red to dark surfaces, very fine; Niblock & Hunter, Halfpenny, 1795, plain edge, 6h, 8.73g (D&H 102), marked 25 to field, lightly marked, very fine; as before, B directly under T, plain edge, 12h, 8.87g (D&H 103), worn to higher points, near very fine; another, 1795, large S in BRISTOL, plain edge, 6h, 9.28g (D&H 101), lustrous and with flashes of red, near as struck; J. Chester, Halfpenny, 6h, 10.03g (D&H 90),hairline to obverse, otherwise lustrous and toned, flashes of red, good extremely fine; City Fair, Halfpenny, 1796, BRISTOL FAIR TOKEN, on edge, 6h, 10.43g (D&H 91), lustre to darkly toned surfaces, very fine; Bridgewater, Holloway & Sons, Halfpenny, 1794, ON DEMAND WE PROMISE TO PAY, on edge, 6h, 10.69g (D&H 86), largely mint red, good extremely fine; Crewkerne, Sparks & Gidley, Halfpenny, 1797, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 10.44g (D&H lightly marked, very fine; Dunkirk, Factory Halfpenny, 1795, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 9.71g (D&H 109), hints of red, extremely fine; another, 1795, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 8.81g (D&H 107), flashy lustre, extremely fine; Yeovil, Brett & Cayme, Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 9.42g (D&H 110), spot of verdigris to reverse, otherwise near extremely fine (11)
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The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)
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