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

№ 434 x

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£550

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous (3), revs. men under tree (2), spence edge, 10.87g/6h (DH 755), edge grained, 9.57g/6h (DH 755a), boys at turnstile, 10.71g/6h (DH 756); Free-born Englishman (2), revs. bust of John Thelwall, spence edge, 11.79g/7h (DH 759), cat, edge grained, 9.24g/12h (DH 759 bis) [5]. DH 759 bis fine but very rare, DH 759 very fine, others about extremely fine
£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 755 P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 600 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998; DH 755a and 756 bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998; DH 759 SCMB June 1964, bt R. Gladdle April 1988; *DH 759 bis bt A. Davisson November 1998