Auction Catalogue

6 October 2010

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

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 315 x

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£360

Central London, Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpence or medalets (16), all with 79 address, viz. no hyphen in long acre (3), 10.17g/12h (DH 260; Storer 7641ff), 9.70g/12h (DH 260 bis), white metal, 8.95g/12h (DH 265); long · acre, 9.39g/12h (DH 261); long-acre (12), 9.59g/6h (DH 263), white metal, 7.84g/6h (DH 264), 8.77g/12h (DH 267), 10.51g/12h (DH 268), plated brass, 8.50g/6h (DH 270), 8.21g/6h (DH 271), 8.15g/6h (DH 272), 10.54g/1h (DH 273), medal edge, 9.10g/6h (DH 274), 9.35g/12h (DH 274b, large flan), white metal, 4.41g/12h (DH 274 bis), white metal, 10.49g/3h (DH –); John Fowler, Halfpenny, 1794, edge plain, 8.70g/6h (DH 306) [17]. DH 260, 264, 268, 270, 273 and 274 very fine to extremely fine but last with graffiti in obverse field, others in varied state, mostly pierced as issued, some rare, a good group of Burchell issues £150-250

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

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Provenance: DH 260 bt W. McKivor May 1997; DH 260 bis and 306 bt 1978; DH 261 bt R. Gladdle July 1993; DH 263 and 268 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 418 (part) [263 from S.E. Schwer 1984], bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH 264 bt J. Spingarn March 1997; DH 265 bt S. Cordova June 1993; DH 267 and 272 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 270 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 130 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 419 (part); DH 271 bt S. Cordova May 1990; DH 273 bt P. Flanagan June 1985; DH 274 bt B. Sailor August 1997; DH 274b bt P. Flanagan May 2005; DH 274 bis bt S. Cordova February 1991; *DH unlisted bt J. Spingarn April 1997