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

Central London, Great Portland Street, Joseph Moore, Halfpence, 1795 (2), edge coarsely grained, 10.93g/12h (DH 389), edge finely grained, 10.10g/12h (DH 389a); Haymarket, Francis Shackelton, Halfpence, 1794 (3), all reading london, unicorn’s tail to l, 9.21g/12h (DH 476), unicorn’s tail to o (2), suffolk-street edge, 9.00g/12h (DH 477), dublin edge, 8.98g/12h (DH 477a); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpence, 1795 (2), toe of slipper above t, edge grained, 7.96g/12h (DH 275), toe of slipper below t, 7.81g/6h (DH 276) [7]. DH 389a virtually as struck with full original colour and brilliance, DH 276 good fine, DH 477 very fine, others about extremely fine with a little original colour, DH 477a rare £70-90

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

View
Collection

Provenance: DH 275 and 389 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 276 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1979; *DH 389a M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 214 (part), bt R. Gladdle August 1986; DH 476 bt J.A. Bobbe April 1981; DH 477 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 477a bt P. Flanagan June 1985