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    A41, Lot 202:

    SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR sixteen shillings. 11.4 gm. 36 mm. Third coinage. 1581. Crowned Scottish shield; IACOBVS 6 DEI GRATIA REX SCOTORVM around / A crowned thistle, I — R in fields on sides; NEMO ME IMPVNE LACESSET 1581 around. S. 5482. Burns 1a. Fig 930c. Extremely Fine; choice toning over exceptionally lively surfaces; among the finest known.

    Ex J. L. Dresser. Stack's Auction. April 1987. (Lot 1876)

    Ex H. A. Parsons. Glendining Auction. May 1954. (Lot 755).

    Scotland's Third Coinage was a short-lived issue. Increasing silver values led Parliament to recall silver in 1580. This issue in October 1581 was recalled soon after it began for the same reason. The third coinage was authorized by Parliament on February 27th, 1580/81 (1581 Gregorian). The Act of October 24, 1581 recalled the issue. All the issues are extremely rare, even more so in choice condition.

    The Parsons catalog described this piece as "Extremely Fine and extremely rare, only about four or five specimens known." A later note by Spink with the Marshall collection piece (2004) suggested a larger number extant: "It is certainly an exceptionally rare denomination but the corpus is likely to be nearer a dozen coins, of which eight have appeared on the market over the last forty years."

    Three are held in British Museum collections—two in Edinburgh and one in the Ashmolean, Oxford. This piece is better than any of those three. The Murdoch piece (May 1903, lot 248) has a flan crack or cut extending from the edge just past the numeral 1 in the date to the left outer arch of the crown. The Lockett piece subsequently offered in the Dundee sale is "Heavily tooled (with attendant scratching)" to cite the Dundee cataloger. The LaRiviere piece, also ex Cochran Patrick 276 and Murray 272 and currently the Spink Catalog plate coin is very fine, attractive but without the underlying brilliance of this piece.
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    A41, Lot 300:

    Pattern strikes for a series of early 19th Century Newcastle farthings

    A group of 15 struck patterns struck in white metal, a uniface die trial, and an incuse image of one of the main design elements, 17 pieces total, all “as made.”

     

    Reference: W. J. Davis. The 19th Century Token Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. (1904 publication that became the standard reference for the 19th century token issues, copper and silver).

     

    The tokens (D, Davis number; B, Batty number) Most are rated Rr. D. 31 (As 19 rev/ 29 obv) is listed as Unknown with a line underneath indicating “In the British Museum.”

    •D. 18. (613). O: Arms of Newcastle-on-Tyne. JOHN BELL BOOKSELLER. R: A double-fronted shop, BELL over the door, 1815 under. 8.02 gm. 24 mm.

    •D. 19. (B. 619). O: As 18. R: NEWCASTLE TOKEN. 1815. 8.74 gm. 24 mm.

    •D. 20. (B. 620). O: As 18. R: A barge sailing. 9.31 gm. 25 mm.

    •D. 21. (618). O: As 18. R: ROBERT OLIVER NEWCASTLE around; 1815 in center; DRAPER QUAY around inner circle. 9.20 gm. 23 mm.

    •D. 21bis. (Cokayne’s designation). “Trial proof in vulcanite.” Uniface. O: As D 21. .79 gm. Octagonal. 18 mm. “Unique” as noted on Cokayne’s tag. (Note: Davis does not list the “bis” varieties.)

    •D. 22. (B. 616). O: As reverse of 18 (shop). R: FARTHING YOUNGEST SON OF FORTUNE. 9.35 gm. 23 mm.

    •D. 23. (B. 617). O: As reverse of 18. R: As obverse of 21. 8.98 gm. 23 mm.

    •D. 24. (B. 615). O: As reverse of 18. R: A PRODDY in a circle of pellets. 7.47 gm. 22.5 mm.

    •D. 25. (B. —. Note in Davis: “In the British Museum.”) O: As reverse of 21 (R OLIVER). R: As reverse of 19. 7.87 gm. 23 mm. (Note on Cokayne tag: “Ex Rare, only one other known in BM.”)

    •D. 26. (B. —). O: As obverse of 21. R: As reverse of 24 (PRODDY). 7.16 gm. 24 mm. (With later tag, probably Baldwin, with notation “Ex Newcastle Roll.”)

    •D. 27. (B. —. “In the British Museum”). O: A Turk’s head. R: As reverse pf 24. 7.12 gm. 24 mm.

    •D. 28. (B. 622). O: As 27. R: COALY TYNE in large letters around. 7.55 gm. 24 mm.

    •D. 29. (B. —. Davis note: “In Mr Norman’s Cabinet”) O: A barge sailing. R: As reverse of 28. 8.97 gm. 23 mm.

    •D. 29bis. (Cokayne’s designation). O: As reverse of 28. R: As reverse of 22. 9.46 gm. 24 mm.

    •D. 30. (B. 621) O: As reverse of 19. R: As reverse of 22 (“FORTUNE”). 8.98 gm. 23 mm.

    •D. 32. (B. —). O: A rose spray. R: TOKEN 1812. 6.17 gm. 22 mm.

    •Unnumbered. Turk’s head, as D. 27, D. 28,) engraved on a copper flan; accompanying tag, apparently Baldwins, notes “Turks Head, Copy of Newcastle Bell’s Private Token.” The reverse indicates the exchange in 1984. This piece accompanied the group but was added later.) 7.71 gm. 29 mm.

     

    Provenance:

    John Bell (1783-1864). A Newcastle-on-Tyne resident, bookseller and founder of a numismatic society.

    D. T. Batty (circa 1825-1896), author of an extensive series of publications on British trade tokens that became Batty’s Copper Coinage, a four volume collection of separate individual booklets that began appearing in 1868. (Cited by Davis as his source for the catalog listing.)

    F. E. Macfadyen of Newcastle, a stock broker and an original member of the British Numismatic Society. Sotheby’s sold his substantial collection in July 1907. Apparently F. W. Bowman acquired the group.

    Francis Cokayne (1871-1945) bought them from F. W. Bowman in 1926 for £45, (a substantial sum at the time). Each piece is accompanied by a tag in Cokayne’s hand showing the Davis number on the front and describing the purchase from Bowman on the back. He added to the group, as noted below. (The tags also have either “88” or “89” on them, perhaps a private inventory number?.
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    Finest known
    A41, Lot 302:

    Birmingham. The Workhouse. Æ six pence token. 146.7 gm. 50 mm. 10 mm thick. "The largest copper coin ever issued in Great Britain" 1813. A front view of a large building; BIRMINGHAM above; 1813 below the building; SIX PENCE below / ONE POUND NOTE PAYABLE AT THE WORKHOUSE FOR 40 TOKENS above and below a shield. Davis 28. Withers 375 (VF £3000). Good Extremely Fine; finest known, as made. "Attractive brown patina, the blank with many casting faults otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare…" This piece better than the DNW Oct. 2019 piece which was noted as "arguably the finest available to commerce" along with the notation of minor edge nicks. This piece has an edge void flaw on the reverse at 12:30 where the flan was not full. The obverse rim is free of nicks/dings as is the reverse though the reverse does exhibit a couple more slight faults from the manufacture of the flan itself.

    Ex Glendinings. 2/3/1994 (597)

    Ex Noble 1998, Lot 1922.

    When DNW sold an example of this rare piece in 2019 the DNW cataloger commented that it is "believed about 10 specimens now known." The DNW cataloger also commented about "minor edge nicks" on the piece. The photo of that piece also shows post-strike marks on the surfaces. The DNW piece sold for £7500 ($9305 at the time) plus buyer's commission—$11166 all in
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