Lot 131: A Collection of Eight UK Provincial Copper Tokens and Copper Coinage

This collection comprises eight UK provincial copper tokens and copper coinage, primarily dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The group includes several 18th-century Conder tokens: an Edinburgh halfpenny featuring the city arms shield with three towers, a Cronebane (Wicklow) halfpenny depicting a mitred bust of St Patrick, a 1793 Manchester halfpenny, and a 1793 Leeds halfpenny featuring the Mixed Cloth Hall. Other pieces include a 19th-century trade token for T. Jelly Grocer and Tea Dealer of Bath, an 1812 Sheffield halfpenny token from S. Hobson at Norfolk Row, and a George III 1797 cartwheel penny. The items are struck in copper or bronze-composition metal and are individually housed in circular plastic capsules.