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

№ 384 x

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£410

Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (13), Hanover Square, St George’s (3), revs. wreath with no berries, edge plain, 14.50g/12h (DH 590), wreath with berries, edge plain, 13.13g/12h (DH 591), no stops in legend, edge plain, 13.26g/12h (DH 592a), and a mule, dove in wreath, rev. gb cypher, edge grained over skidmore holborn london, 13.28g/5h (DH 594); Holborn, St Andrew’s (2), skidmore edge, 13.10g/12h (DH 595), edge grained, 9.12g/12h (DH 595a); Leadenhall Street, St Andrew’s, 1797, edge partly grained, 10.35g/12h (DH 597); Little Tower Street, St Margaret Pattens (2), edge partly grained, 10.34g/12h (DH 637a), edge plain, 9.95g/12h (DH 637b); Lombard Street, Allhallows (2), undated, edge plain, 9.85g/5h (DH 598), 1797, edge plain, 11.46g/12h (DH 599); St Edmond the King, edge plain, 11.44g/12h (DH 600); St Mary Woolnorth, edge plain, 9.51g/12h (DH 601a) [13]. DH 592a and 599 very fine with corrosion spots, DH 600 and 601a harshly lacquered, others generally extremely fine, some with original colour, particularly DH 597 and 637a, DH 590 very rare
£200-250

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

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Provenance: *DH 590 bt R. Gladdle July 2000; DH 591 M.Z. Gerson Collection [from S.E. Schwer July 1983], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 572 (part); DH 592a bt W. McKivor September 1998; DH 594 bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 595 bt M.Z. Gerson January 1981; DH 595a bt S. Cordova November 1997; DH 597 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1984; DH 598 bt C. Fellage December 1997 [from S. Cordova November 1997]; DH 599 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1980; DH 600 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 601a SCMB September 1975, M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 239 (part), bt R. Gladdle September 1986; DH 637a bt J.A. Bobbe July 1994; DH 637b with Baldwin, bt J.A. Bobbe October 1985