British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Lancashire, Lancaster, Thomas Worswick & Sons, uniface trial of the obv. of Hancock’s Halfpenny, bust of John of Gaunt left, no legend, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF THOMAS CLARKE XX, 12.56g (DH 8 var.). Minor surface marks, otherwise very fine and patinated, unpublished and UNIQUE £1,000-1,500

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

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Provenance: Bt J.A. Bobbe March 2001.

It is interesting to note that the other trial pieces for halfpence of Thomas Worswick (DH 8 and 27) were also struck on blanks edged for the Liverpool issuer Thomas Clarke, another client of the manufacturer J.G. Hancock. From this one may presuppose that the Clarke issues were commissioned earlier in 1791 than those of Worswick