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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: 901

WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, Peter Kempson's 'Coventry Building' Series (19) | 'Remains of Cathedral' Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 14.23g (D&H 257, reverse 2), lustrous, extremely fine; 'Grey Friars Steeple' Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 13.50g (D&H cf. 259, reverse 2), glass-like brilliance, good extremely fine; 'St John's Church' Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 13.76g (D&H 262, reverse 2), lacquered, otherwise extremely fine; 'Trinity Church' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 6h, 12.76g (D&H 265, reverse 2), toned and lustrous, extremely fine; 'White Friars' Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 13.31g (D&H 267, reverse 1), lightly contact marked, extremely fine; 'Cook Street' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 6h, 13.90g (D&H 269, reverse 1), friction marked, chocolate brown surfaces, extremely fine; 'Grey Friars Gate' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 6h, 13.64g (D&H 271, reverse 2), lustrous to brown surfaces, extremely fine; 'Mill Lane Gate' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 6h, 13.17g (D&H 274, reverse 2), scattering of light marks, lustrous, extremely fine; 'Spon Gate' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 6h, 14.30g (D&H 277, reverse 2), as before, extremely fine; 'White Friars Gate' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 6h, 14.01g (D&H 279, reverse 1), as before and with some staining, extremely fine; 'Bablake Hospital' Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 13.04g (D&H 282, reverse 1), some darker staining, otherwise lustrous and toned to the fields, good extremely fine; 'The Barracks' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 6h, 13.69g (D&H 284, reverse 3), glossy lustre to chocolate surfaces, extremely fine; 'Coventry Cross' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 6h, 13.38g (D&H 286, reverse 1), lustrous, good extremely fine; 'County Hall' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 6h, 13.58g (D&H 288, reverse 1), lustrous, extremely fine; 'Draper's Hall' Halfpenny, 1797, COVENTRY TOKEN on edge, 12h, 13.90g (D&H 291, reverse 3), lustrous to light brown surfaces, good extremely fine; 'Ford's Hospital' Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 13.25g (D&H 293, reverse 1), darkened in parts to chocolate surfaces, extremely fine; 'St Mary Hall' Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 13.45g (D&H 295, reverse 1), glossy lustre and toned, extremely fine; 'Free School' Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 13.24g (D&H 297, reverse 1), lustrous, good extremely fine; 'Free School' Halfpenny, 1797, plain edge, 6h, 13.37g (D&H 299a, reverse 1), vibrant toning and lustre to light brown surfaces, extremely fine, overall all extremely fine, an impressive full set of Kempson's Coventry series (19)

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


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