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

№ 482 x

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£520

Thomas Spence series, Mule Farthings (7), legend, revs. man on bull with ass’s head, 2.97g/6h (DH 1112), Britannia, 3.10g/6h (DH 1113), conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.97g/6h (DH 1115), padlock, 3.98g/6h (DH 1116), pig, 2.86g/12h (DH 1117), slave, 2.97g/6h (DH 1118), three men hanging, edge grained, 3.81g/2h (DH 1119) [7]. DH 1115 extremely fine with considerable original colour but a striking crack from edge to centre, others generally about extremely fine £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 1112 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1980; DH 1113 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1981; *DH 1115 bt J.A. Bobbe September 1994; DH 1116 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 1117 bt M.Z. Gerson May 1980; DH 1118 bt M.Z. Gerson January 1981; DH 1119 bt R. Gladdle August 1994