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

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (5), bust of Lord George Gordon left with legend, revs. Cain slaying Abel (2), edge grained, 9.50g/6h (DH 778a), edge plain, 11.77g/6h (DH 778b), men under tree, 10.80g/6h (DH 779), Sessions House, Old Bailey, edge plain, 10.32g/6h (DH 780a), turnstile, 10.36g/6h (DH 781) [5]. DH 781 about extremely fine, others extremely fine and better, DH 778a with considerable original colour and 778b on a large flan with reflective surfaces, both very rare £300-400

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

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Provenance: *DH 778a W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 190 (part) [from Baldwin January 1927], Davissons Mailbid Sale 6, 29 February 1996 (460); DH 778b bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998; DH 779 and 780a W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 606 (part) [from Baldwin 1978]; DH 781 bt R. Gladdle July 1993