Baldwin Auction 112: The Patrick Deane Collection, Part III Achieves Astounding Results, surpassing the reserve price twofold Baldwin’s is delighted to announce the remarkable success of Auction 112, featuring the London and political 18th-century tokens from the Patrick Deane Collection, Part III. The auction far exceeded expectations by achieving a total of just over £146,000... Source ..read more

We’re set to host a captivating auction on the 11th of October 2023, featuring a rare and exceptional collection of late eighteenth-century token halfpennies. These tokens are a fascinating window into the political upheavals that swept across Britain during a tumultuous period, marked by the loss of its North American colonies and conflict with republican France. In the 1790s there was a dire... Source ..read more

1273 London – Holborn, Thomas Spence Halfpenny (1795/6), Draped bust left of Lord George Gordon, rev. 4-line legend, edge SPENCE DEALER x IN x COINS x LONDON x, 30.25mm/10.3gm. (DH 782). Good Extremely Fine, with considerable amounts of original lustre and much reflection, rare. £120-160 With a Spinks ticket c.2008 – therefore very likely ex F S Cokayne Col. Lord George Gordon, son of the 3rd Duke... Source ..read more

1276 London – Holborn, Thomas Spence Halfpenny undated, Bust left of the boxer Daniel Mendoza, rev. A Bridewell Boy standing holding a swagger stick edge plain, 28mm/10.57gm. (DH 786). Good Extremely Fine with some original lustre and iridescence, superb and rare. £300-400 Ex ‘an old Surrey Col.’ via Mark Rasmussen Sep. 2016. Daniel Mendoza was born in Whitechapel in 1764, to a family of Spanish... Source ..read more

London – Holborn and Clerkenwell, John Skidmore (ironmonger and token manufacturer) Halfpenny 1795, Two men working at a forge, rev. iron fire-grate, edge diagonally milled, 29.5mm/9.97gm. (DH 480). As struck with almost full lustre and marvellous iridescence. £90-140 A. H. Baldwins and Sons, a renowned name in numismatic history, is set to host a captivating auction on the 11th of October... Source ..read more

Coin collectors and dealers alike have witnessed huge increases in the prices of coins over the last 20 years. There are a number of factors that can affect the price of coins, unstable economies, low interest rates and lack of confidence in the banks. After all, coins are a tangible asset rather like gold, when the price of gold is high coins are usually not far behind. The type of coins that... Source ..read more

Henry Biggs was an innkeeper in Birmingham, the ‘General Elliot’ in Moore Street and issued his own ‘Halfpenny’ in 1792 in order that he could give change in the tavern where he was also a licensed victualler. Not unsurprisingly, the design for his halfpenny featured the bust of General Elliot who had so valiantly defended Gibraltar against the French and Spanish some twelve years previously. Source ..read more

William Peckham was a general shopkeeper in Appledore in southern Kent and issued his own ‘Halfpenny’ in order that he could give change in the shop. He produced a marvellous coin with one side showing a lamb sleeping with a lion and a legend proclaiming PEACE, INNOCENSE AND PLENTY which is probably a sentiment based on Britain’s continuing war with France and the deprivations and hardships it... Source ..read more

Markes Lambe, a surgeon in the Royal Navy, was from Bath, his mother Mary had a shop in that city selling fine tees and coffees and in the mid 1790s both issued their own ‘Halfpennies’ in order that they could give change in the shop and generally. With his military background he chose to feature on his halfpenny the Somerset Yeoman Cavalry, which had been raised to combat the expected Napoleonic... Source ..read more

Mortonhampstead Halfpenny | Baldwin’s In 1670 the town authorities of Mortonhampstead in Devon issued their own Halfpenny. At the time, there was a national shortage of official small copper change which led to the private issue of token halfpence and farthings by local merchants and town authorities in order that they might provide small change to facilitate trade, and most importantly that there... Source ..read more