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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 729

WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Work House Overseers of the Poor, Halfcrown, 1788, female seated giving alms to a man and child, kneeling child by her side, rev. TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE ., BWH monogram, plain edge, 12h, 19.50g (D&H 1), slightly soft to the obverse, with toning spots otherwise on a full flan, good very fine, uncommonly encountered in commerce; County, 'Shakespeare' Halfpenny, 1791, plain edge, 6h, 12.28g (D&H 45), some softness, near very fine; another, fruit hangs over cornucopia, plain edge, 5h, 13.37g (D&H 46), lustrous and pleasing red surfaces, much as struck; another, struck from smaller die, plain edge, 6h, 11.86g (D&H 47), bolder fine; Birmingham, Birmingham Halfpenny, 1793, CURRENT EVERY WHERE, on edge, 12h, 10.63g (D&H 50), about very fine; Allin's Halfpenny, 1796, obliquely milled edge, 1h, 10.88g (D&H 62), some light contact marks, glossy lustre to dark surfaces, very fine; Alston's Halfpenny, 1796, leaf engrailed edge, 6h, 8.00g (D&H 63), near brilliant and mostly mint red, much as struck; Bigg's Halfpenny, 1792, PAYABLE AT HENRY BIGGS MOORE STREET, on edge, 12h, 11.19g (D&H 70), some staining, about very fine; W. Hampton, Halfpenny, undated, BIRMINGHAM W. HAMPTONS OR LITCHFIELD, on edge, 6h, 11.42g (D&H 71a), bolder fine; Birmingham Coining & Copper Co., Halfpenny, 1794, 6h, 9.57g, BREECHES AND GLOVE MANUFACTORY, on edge (cf. D&H 74k [listed as & not AND]), near very fine; another, 1794, M. ABEL S. PRENTICE S. DELL, on edge, 6h, 9.53g (D&H 74a), as before; Birmingham Mining & Copper Co., Halfpenny, 1791, BIRMINGHAM REDRUTH & SWANSEA, on edge, 6h, 13.53g (D&H 77), some light marking, richly toned and with lustre, very fine; another, laurel to middle of G, edge as before, 7h, 13.70g (D&H 82), touch of wear, very fine; another, 1792, edge as before, 6h, 13.63g (D&H 88), as before; another, edge as before, 6h, 13.49g (D&H 93), very fine; Bisset's Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 10.06g (D&H 120), lustrous and mostly mint red, much as struck; Donald & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, plain edge, 6h, 10.29g (D&H 123), lustrous and richly toned, extremely fine; William Hallan, Halfpenny, 1792, plain edge, 6h, 11.50g (D&H 128), usual die flaw to reverse, lustrous and toned, extremely fine; another, 1795, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 9.42g (D&H 131), die flaw to reverse, no detail to jug, otherwise lustrous and mostly mint red, good extremely fine; Hickman's Halfpenny, 1792, PAYABLE AT H. HICKMANS WAREHOUSE BIRMINGHAM, on edge, 6h, 10.98g (D&H 144), very fine; Lutwyche's Halfpenny, undated, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 14.57g (D&H 219), softly struck in parts and small die flaw to edge, toned to obverse, good very fine; H. Hickman, Farthing, 1792, H. HICKMANS WAREHOUSE BIRMINGHAM, on edge, 6h, 5.98g (D&H 481), die flaw to obverse and softly struck to the edge, otherwise lustrous, extremely fine; Lutwyche's Farthing, undated, plain edge, 6h, 4.43g (D&H 482), flawing to the edge, very fine; Coventry, Robert Reynolds & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ROBERT REYNOLDS & CO, on edge, 6h, 11.94g (D&H 231), light contact marks, light brown surfaces, very fine; another, 1793, PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL, on edge. 6h, 9.64g (D&H 238), with lustre, good very fine; another, 1793, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 9.92g (D&H 240), soft in parts, very fine; another, 1794, 12h, 11.55g (D&H 249), very fine; another, 1795, 12h, 11.11g (D&H 251), near very fine; Nuneaton, Halfpenny, 1792, NUNEATON BEDWORTH AND HINKLEY, on edge, 6h, 9.48g (D&H 318), soft in parts, with lustre, good very fine; Stratford, Shakespeare Halfpenny, 1790, plain edge, 6h, 7.78g (D&H 327f), very fine (30)

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





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