British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Hampshire, Portsmouth, Joseph Brent, Halfpenny, 1797, issuer’s name erased, 11.57g/6h (DH 60a); G. Robinson, J. Mooney and J. Carter, Halfpenny, 1797, ROBINSON edge, 9.56g/6h (DH 58); Thomas Sharp, Halfpence, 1794 (3), PORTSMOUTH edge, 9.47g/6h (DH 54, countermarked W on bust), STOCKTON edge, 10.37g/6h (DH 54c), PORTSMOUTH edge, 9.85g/12h (DH 55); Kempson’s mule Halfpence (5), revs. female with pole and cap of Liberty, LONDON edge, 8.34g/1h (DH 56), Britannia (4), LONDON edge, 7.35g/12h (DH 57), LIVERPOOL edge, 9.97g/12h (DH 57a), EVERY WHERE edge, 8.89g/12h (DH 57b), grained edge, 8.36g/6h (DH 57c) [10]. DH 54 and 54c fair, latter very rare, DH 55 and 57a about extremely fine, others about very fine or better but DH 58 lacquered £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: DH 54 bt S. Cordova May 1988; DH 54c bt S. Cordova December 1990; DH 55 bt M.Z. Gerson July 1978; *DH 56 bt R. Gladdle May 1994; DH 57 bt T. Madigan February 1993; DH 57a bt J.A. Bobbe July 1982; DH 57b bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 57c bt S. Cordova March 1990; DH 58 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1996; DH 60a bt R. Gladdle November 1996