British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

18th Century Tokens, Angus, Brechin, Colin Smith & Patrick Wilson, Halfpenny, 1801, 10.19g/6h (DH 9); Dundee, John Pilmer, Halfpenny, 1797, 11.60g/6h (DH 17), James Wright Jr, Farthing, 1797, 4.56g/6h (DH 42); Montrose, James Bissett & Son, Halfpenny, 1796, 8.88g/6h (DH 28); Kirkcudbrightshire, Gatehouse of Fleet, Thomas Scott & Co, Halfpenny, 1793, 8.92g/6h (DH 1); Perthshire, Perth, John Ferrier, Wright’s Halfpence (2), undated, 10.44g/6h (DH 3), 1797, 11.06g/6h (DH 4) [7]. DH 9 and 28 about extremely fine, others fine to very fine, last a later striking with the usual edge flaws £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Tokens formed by the Late David Pottinger.

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Provenance: DH 9 bt S.E. Schwer October 1988; DH 17 bt S.E. Schwer April 1981; DH 28 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 363 (part), bt R. Gladdle July 1987; DH 42 bt Token Congress, Crewe, October 1982; DH 1 bt S.E. Schwer July 1984; DH 3 bt S.E. Schwer October 1981; DH 4 bt J. Whitmore June 1982