British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Central London, Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpence, 1795 (5), Figure of Fortune type (4), large rev. letters, edge plain, 10.92g/6h (DH 467; Stainton 37), hearts of his people edge, 10.79g/6h (DH 467a), smaller rev. letters, edge plain, 11.23g/6h (DH 468), large date, 9.54g/12h (DH 469); Bluecoat boy type, 10.52g/6h (DH 471; Stainton 38); Covent Garden, Thomas Dodd, Halfpenny, 12.68g/6h (DH 300, thick flan); Coventry Street, J. Henderson, Halfpence, 1795 (2), small period after london, 9.08g/6h (DH 292), large period, 9.28g/6h (DH 293); Drury Lane, John Kilvington, Halfpence, 1795 (2), laurel to j, edge engrailed, 9.37g/6h (DH 346), laurel to t, edge engrailed, 8.73g/6h (DH 347); mule Halfpence (6), all brunswick type, revs. Britannia (2), dublin edge, 9.12g/6h (DH 348), edge plain, 6.57g/6h (DH 348a), ship (2), edge engrailed, 9.55g/6h (DH 349), edge plain, 7.15g/6h (DH 349c), arms of Lancaster (2), northiam edge, 9.93g/7h (DH 350), edge plain, 6.09g/7h (DH 350a) [16]. DH 300, 348a, 349, 349c and 350a fine, DH 467 extremely fine and patinated, DH 350, 469 and 471 very fine, others about extremely fine, DH 467a very rare £140-180

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

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Provenance: DH 292 bt J.A. Bobbe March 1997; DH 293 bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 300 bt P. Flanagan March 1981; DH 346 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 347 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1978; DH 348 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1982; DH 348a bt M.Z. Gerson March 1981; DH 349 bt S. Cordova August 1989; DH 349c bt P. Flanagan July 1983; DH 350 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 213 (part), bt R. Gladdle September 1986; DH 350a bt S. Cordova February 1988; DH 467 bt J.A. Bobbe June 2001; *DH 467a W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 517 (part) [acquired 1997], SNC November 1998 (7100), bt J. Spingarn November 1998; DH 468 bt M.Z. Gerson January 1981; DH 469 bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 471 bt M.Z. Gerson September 1978