This Week’s New Listings
This page will be updated every Tuesday and will contain all the latest Coin, Token & Medal listings for that
particular week.
Additions to Web Site week commencing:
WAu-4979: 1786 George III Full Gold
Guinea. 4th head, crowned
shields. Nice VF / GVF grade. No mount marks. 
£475
WG-4980: 1807 George III Copper
Halfpenny. Better date, high grade,
attractive colour. £25
WG-4981: 1797 George III Cartwheel
Twopence Snuff Box. Not a smuggler’s
box (as this was never intended to pass as currency), rather a snuff box. Constructed out of two large 1797 Cartwheel
2d coins with a threaded spacer attached to both. The internal sides of the coins have remains
of silvering to protect the contents of the box from the copper surfaces. A heavy piece. This would probably have been constructed by
an apprentice / amateur early in the 1800’s.
A real “fun” item! £179
WG-4982: 1787 George III Silver
Sixpence “Love Token”. A good grade
example that has been hand engraved “A.H.” and gilded in antiquity as a Love
Token. £35
WG-4983: 1732 George II Farthing –
Love Token. A “Bender” love token. Quite unusual to see these on such a low
denomination coin. Love on a budget! £17
WCA-4984: William III Silver
Halfcrown Love Token - "1787 Mary Keen". Hand engraved, “THE GIFT OF HER MOTHER TO
MARY KEEN 1787”. History in your hand! £99
WCA-4985: 1700 William III Silver
Groat – “Partial” Love Token! A very
interesting piece. The crease is
certainly typical of the “Bender” love token crease, although there is only the
single crease (no indication of the second).
Further, that crease has been straightened in order that the coin could
enter circulation again. Could it be
that the young man was with his sweetheart, demonstrating his love by
fashioning a bender love token, only to find that either he couldn’t physically
manage the second crease (it’s actually a really hard thing to do with bare
hands) or that his sweetheart told him not to bother?! The outcome appears have been the same – the
young man cut his losses by straightening out the coin and spending it!! Just a theory but who’s to say it didn’t
happen? £28
WV-4986: 1890’s Queen Victoria
Silver 3d – Love Token. Hand
engraved “M.M.B.” and pierced for use as jewellery. £9
WTH-4987: 1561 Elizabeth 1st
Hammered Silver Three Farthings.
Initial mark pheon. Rare
denomination but more than that, a stunning little coin. Choice. £285
WU-4988: USA 1853 Large Cent. Young head.
Stunning grade. £29
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