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

Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (16), Old Jewry, St Olive’s (2), coventry edge, 13.65g/6h (DH 614), edge plain, 10.48g/12h (DH 614a); Old Street, St Luke’s (2), skidmore edge, 12.63g/12h (DH 615), edge partly grained, 8.86g/12h (DH 615a); Paddington, New Church (2), undated, coventry edge, 13.00g/6h (DH 616), 1797, edge plain, 14.03g/12h (DH 617); Paul’s Wharf, St Bennet’s (2), both 1797, built 1670, edge plain, 11.61g/10h (DH 618), a·d· 1691, edge plain, 9.05g/12h (DH 619); Poultry, St Mildred’s, 1797, edge plain, 12.40g/12h (DH 620); Queenhithe, St Michael’s, edge plain, 14.83g/12h (DH 621a); Queen Square, St George’s, edge plain, 11.53g/5h (DH 622); St Giles, St Giles in the Fields (2), coventry edge, 13.20g/6h (DH 587), edge plain, 14.39g/12h (DH 587a); Shoreditch, Church, coventry edge, 13.77g/11h (DH 626); Snow Hill, St Sepulchre (2), undated, coventry edge, 13.91g/6h (DH 624), 1797, edge plain, 9.82g/6h (DH 625) [16]. DH 587, 619 and 624 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, several with much original colour, especially DH 587a and 615a, this last, DH 587, 614 and 616 rare
£250-300

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

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Provenance: DH 587 bt S. Cordova May 1993; DH 587a bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 614 F.S. Cokayne Collection [from J. Atkins November 1905], T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 311 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 579 (part); DH 614a J.A. Bobbe Collection [from Baldwin], bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 615 with 1967 ticket, bt R. Gladdle December 1989; *DH 615a T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 311 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 579 (part); DH 616 bt R. Gladdle July 1996; DH 617, 621a and 625 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 618 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired December 1979], bt J.A.B. March 1987; DH 619 bt R. Gladdle December 1989; DH 620 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 622 bt M.Z. Gerson December 1981; DH 624 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 626 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. December 1987