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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 900

WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Peter Kempson's 'Birmingham Building' Series (25) | 'Ashted Chapel' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 10.77g (D&H 147, reverse 1), couple of faint marks, toned and residually lustrous, extremely fine; 'St John's Chapel' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 12.89g (D&H 153, reverse 3), lustrous and mint red to the edges, of devices, much as struck; 'St Martin's Church' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 11.71g (D&H 154, reverse 3), scattering of light contact marks, otherwise toned and lustrous, extremely fine; 'The Old Meeting' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 11.26g (D&H 159), with great eye-appeal, cabinet toned and lustrous, good extremely fine: 'Old Meeting' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 12.79g (D&H 162, reverse 3), with a flashy lustre, toned to otherwise red-brown surfaces, good extremely fine; 'New Meeting' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 10.63g (D&H 164, reverse 2), flashy and rich cabinet toned, good extremely fine; 'Meeting Paradise Street' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 11.90g (D&H 167, reverse 2), light scattering of contact markings, otherwise lustrous, extremely fine; 'St Paul's Chapel' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 12.54g (D&H 172, reverse 3), lustrous and with pleasing red surfaces, much as struck; 'St Philip's Church' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 12.59g (D&H 175, reverse 3), lightly contact marked, yet lustrous and with red surfaces around the devices, extremely fine; 'Barrack's Erected' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 11.08g (D&H 177, reverse 2), die flaw, otherwise with a rich cabinet tone to lustrous surfaces, much as struck; 'General Hospital' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 12.20g (D&H 180, reverse 3), light rim bruising, otherwise with a glossy lustre, extremely fine; 'Library' Halfpenny, 1796, plain edge, 6h, 12.03g (D&H 184a, reverse 4), flashy lustre and cabinet toned to the obverse, near full mint red to the reverse, much as struck; another, as before, 6h, 12.22g (D&H 184a, reverse 4), glass-like lustre and with much mint red to the reverse, much as struck; 'Workhouse' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 11.51g (D&H 186, reverse 1), obverse softly struck, otherwise with largely full red fields to the reverse, much as struck; 'Old Cross' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 11.67g (D&H 188, reverse 1), much as struck; 'Welch Cross' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 11.76g (D&H 192, reverse 3), brilliance to dark brown surfaces, good extremely fine; 'Blue School' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 11.75g (D&H 194, reverse 1), glossy cabinet tone, extremely fine; 'Blue Coat Charity School' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 11.81g (D&H 197, reverse 3), cleaned, yet extremely fine; 'Free School' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 13.07g (D&H 200, reverse 3), lustrous and with mint red peeking through, good extremely fine; 'New Brass Works' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 14.29g (D&H 203, reverse 3), couple of marks, otherwise as before, extremely fine; 'New Brewery' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 11.43g (D&H 205, reverse 1), glossy lustre and toned, good extremely fine; 'Navigation Office' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 13.05g (D&H 210, reverse 3), much as struck; 'Soho Manufactory', Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 11.62g (D&H 212, reverse 1), glass-like brilliance to chocolate surfaces, good extremely fine; 'Birmingham Theatre' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 14.22g (D&H 216, reverse 3), much as struck; 'George III' Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 8.91g (D&H 218), lustrous and red peeking through, good extremely fine, overall, all ranging from extremely fine to as struck, an impressive comprehensive run of Kempson's series (25)

The Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals


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