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farthing

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  1. The answer to your trivia question would be the Crown token - Nottinghamshire #1 ;)

     

    Smartypants! ;)

     

    So what token would be the next lower denomination?

     

    That would be Warwickshire #2 - which is the same as your #1 except the words AND SIXPENCE have been mostly wiped off the die. ;) A much harder to find token! The three sales I have recorded of #2 all state that the token was silvered.

  2. Nice grouping of Conders, HiHo! I was intrigued by the Lincolnshire Spalding 5

    because of the ghostlike appearance of the small ship in the center. It seemed odd

    given that the AU58 piece presumably has only a touch of wear. I dragged out my

    Linc 6 which used the same die (according to D&H) and laid them side by side.

     

    Take a peek at the ships, particularly the small ship in the center. Anyone know

    if this is something to do with the state of the die or might the strike be affecting the look as well?

     

    Linc5and6.jpg

     

    I just looked at my Spalding 5 and while it is not in as nice of condition as either of HiHoAudios' or yarms' (mine is in EF condition) mine also has the 'ghost" effect on the small ship in the center. Interesting.

  3. My latest - arrived today enclosed in a NGC 58 BN suit. The token has more red around the devices and lettering than my 2.5 megapixel camera can ever show. :blush:

     

    Middlesex Hall's advertising penny - D&H #26 It features Sir Jeffery Dunstan, mayor of Garrat - a knock-kneed dwarf and an interesting character to read about on the web. Thomas Hall was a taxidermist and curiosity dealer who operated his shop at 10 City Road near Finsbury Square. As stated on the reverse: The first artist in europe for preserving birds beasts &c.

     

    MiddlesexHallsDH26.jpg

  4. Just a guess JohnReichFan but the HS is likely the mintmasters initials. Including the mintmasters initials on coins was not unusual in the past.

     

    Here's my win from this weeks Baldwin's auction. Catalogued as Middlesex Political and Social Series #226 and is an election token for the MP seat from Winchester between Admiral Gardner, Charles Fox and Horne Tooke. Charles Fox won and both Fox and Admiral Gardner were elected from Winchester.

     

    MiddlesexPoliticalAndSocialDH226.jpg