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

Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (11), Clerkenwell, St James’s (5), 1797, edge plain, 10.14g/12h (DH 564), and mules (4), revs. built anno domo 1792 (2), skidmore edge, 12.52g/12h (DH 565), white metal, plain edge, 8.73g/12h (DH 565a), arms, skidmore edge, 12.44g/12h (DH 566), open book, skidmore edge, 12.28g/12h (DH 567); Coleman Street, St Catherine’s, edge plain, 11.55g/1h (DH 569); St Stephens (2), undated, edge plain, 11.79g/12h (DH 570), 1797, edge plain, 11.57g/12h (DH 571); College Hill, St Michael’s, edge plain, 12.21g/12h (DH 572a); Cornhill, St Michael’s, edge plain, 9.43g/12h (DH 573a); St Peter’s, 1797, edge plain, 12.24g/12h (DH 575) [11]. DH 565a better than very fine but obverse field scuffed and with edge nick, rare, others all extremely fine, all except DH 565 with original colour £150-200

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

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Provenance: DH 564 bt J.A. Bobbe October 1985; DH 565 O.P. Eklund Collection, M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 235 (part) [from J.A. Bobbe], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 566 (part); *DH 565a J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 147 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 566 (part); DH 566 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired September 1979], bt J.A.B. September 1994; DH 567 T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 302 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe October 1985; DH 569 bt P. Flanagan June 1985; DH 570 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1980; DH 571 bt S. Cordova May 1999; DH 572a O.P. Eklund Collection, bt J.A. Bobbe December 1987; DH 573a bt P. Flanagan April 1981; DH 575 bt A. Davisson December 1996