Auction Catalogue

6 October 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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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

Lot

№ 556 x

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£110

Political and Social series: Tokens, Uncertain manufacturers, Tom Tackle Halfpenny, 6.83g/6h (DH 1048); ‘Pro Bono Publico’ Farthings (7), W.P. 1757 issues (2), 2.10g/6h (DH 1171), 2.70g/6h (DH 1172); H.B. 1803 issues (2), edge plain, 2.30g/6h, and an obv. brockage, 2.29g (both DH 1174a; Davis Not Local 116); plumes in shield issues (3), undated, 2.75g/6h (DH 1169), 1796, 2.66g/12h (DH 1168), 1797, 3.70g/6h (DH 1170; Cobwright G0240/P0020) [8]. The 1803 issues very fine and better, others generally fine, DH 1170 very rare, several others scarce £50-70

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

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Provenance: DH 1048 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 677 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998; DH 1168 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1981; DH 1169 bt R. Gladdle April 1988 [from Baldwin]; DH 1170 T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 366 (part) [from Seaby 1964], M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 716 (part); DH 1171 bt P. Flanagan March 1981; DH 1172 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1994; DH 1174a F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt R. Gladdle September 2001; DH 1174a brockage L.L. Fletcher Collection, Glendining Auction, 14-15 March 1934, lot 56 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt R. Gladdle September 2001