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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 724

SUFFOLK, Bury, S. Prentice, Penny, 1794, BUNGAY HALFPENNY, ancient castle, BIGODS CASTLE, in exergue, rev. FOR CHANGE NOT FRAUD, Justice, DOUBLE TOKEN PAYABLE BY S. PRENTICE, on edge, 7h, 21.81g (D&H 1), cleaned, otherwise bolder very fine; P. Deck's Penny, 1794, Ipswich, CHARLES MARQUIS CORNWALLIS, uniformed bust left, rev. HIS FAME RESOUNDS FROM EAST TO WEST, Fame standing between implements of war, VALUE ONE PENNY AT P. DECKS POST OFFICE BURY 1794, on edge, 6h, 16.49g (D&H 4), soft to the highest points and lightly marked, yet chocolate brown, good very fine; Penny, undated, draped and caped bust left of Cardinal Wolsey rev. view of an ancient gateway, plain edge, 12h, 15.93g (D&H 10), hairline die flaw to reverse as encountered, some toning spots, otherwise with mint red surfaces, lustrous, extremely fine; Penny, 1796, draped and caped bust left of Cardinal Wolsey rev. PAYABLE | AT | CONDER'S | DRAPERY | WAREHOUSE | IPSWICH | 1796, in seven lines, I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY, on edge, 6h, 18.10g (D&H 11), obverse lightly marked and darkened, usual hairline flaw to reverse, with a pleasing lustre and toned, extremely fine, scarce; Woodbridge, Penny, 1796, draped bust facing three-quarters forward of Thomas Sekford, rev. shield of arms between palm branches, motto and legend around, PUBLISHED BY R. LODER 1796 . X ., on edge, 6h, 20.21g (D&H 15), touch of softness to the face and most minor field marking, lustre to the reverse and with hints of red around devices, pleasing very fine (5)

Provenance

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




Thomas Sekford (1515-1587) was a senior lawyer and Member of Parliament. Heralding from Suffolk, he was also a major landowner in the county and is well remembered as a great benefactor to the town of Woodbridge, where he resided at Seckford Hall. This token commemorates his contribution and financial support given to the production of the first County Maps of England undertaken during the 1570s.



Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) was born in Ipswich in 1473. After attending Ipswich School and later at Magdalen College, Oxford, he rose to the position of Lord Chancellor and thus held the highest political position in the court of Henry VIII. However, after his failure to successfully secure the King's annulment from Catherine of Aragon, Wolsey was stripped of his political titles and banished to York where he was allowed to continue his duties as archbishop until his death in 1530.

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£400

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£5