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

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (7), two men dancing round fire, revs. noted advocates, etc, spence edge, 12.20g/12h (DH 818), Britannia, spence edge, 12.14g/6h (DH 819), caduceus, spence edge, 11.70g/9h (DH 820), three armed citizens (2), spence edge, 11.47g/1h (DH 821), skidmore edge, 12.57g/1h (DH 821a), heart and hand (2), spence edge, 11.56g/12h (DH 822), skidmore edge, 12.56g/12h (DH 822a) [7]. DH 819 and 822 very fine, former lacquered, others about extremely fine and better, DH 821 and 822a with original colour £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 818 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 614 (part) [from Spink 1975], bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998; DH 819 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 164 (part), bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 820 bt A. Davisson May 1992; *DH 821 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 821a W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 142 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin December 1944], bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 822 SCMB June 1964, M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 270 (part), bt R. Gladdle September 1986; DH 822a bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998