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

№ 523 x

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£280

National series: Medals, Centenary of the Revolution, 1788, medalets by J. Davies (5), all bust right, revs. novr. 4th 1788 in wreath, unsigned (2), in copper, 4.29g/6h, in brass, 5.06g/6h, both 27mm (both DH 948; Neilson 9600; Woolf 75:2; BHM 289; Hawkins 9; D & W 173/563), signed (3), all in brass, 25mm, 4.43g/12h (DH 949; Neilson 9620; Woolf 75:2; BHM 283; Hawkins 10; D & W 173/564), 25mm, 3.54g/12h (DH 950; Neilson 9650; Woolf 75:2; BHM 283; Hawkins 12; D & W 173/565), 25mm, 3.85g/12h (DH 951; Neilson 9640; Woolf 75:2; BHM 283; Hawkins 13); medals by C. James (2), bust right, revs. bust of William III right, in copper, 12.16g/12h, in white metal, 10.21g/12h, both 33mm (both DH 186; Woolf 75:6; BHM 286; Hawkins 7; D & W 173/557, 558); medals (2), both unsigned, bust right, revs. britons never will be slaves, etc, in gilt-copper, 8.42g/12h, in white metal, 10.53g/6h, both 35mm (both DH 201; Woolf 75:7; BHM 288; D & W 173/561) [9]. First mediocre, DH 201 gilt-copper good fine, others very fine and better but DH 201 white metal with scratches in obverse field
£70-90

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

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Provenance: DH 186 copper bt P. Flanagan April 1982; DH 186 white metal bt M.Z. Gerson January 1982; DH 201 gilt-copper bt R. Gladdle April 1993 [from Baldwin]; DH 201 white metal bt M.Z. Gerson June 1980; DH 948 copper bt M.Z. Gerson December 1979; DH 948 brass with Seaby 1963, bt R. Gladdle April 1993; DH 949 J.A. Bobbe Collection [from J.D. King December 1981], bt J.A.B. December 1987; DH 950 bt P. Flanagan March 1984; *DH 951 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 286 (part), bt P. Flanagan September 1990