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

№ 558 x

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£150

Political and Social series: Medals, William Pitt, 1789, white metal medals (5), viz. by C. James, bust right, rev. great britain legend, 33mm, 10.92g/12h (DH 212; Hawkins 8); by T. Wyon Jr (2), similar, great britain legend, 10.55g/12h (DH 210; Hawkins 9), old england legend, 33mm, 10.59g/6h (DH 211; Hawkins 11); unsigned (2), small bust three-quarters left, revs. may britain still flourish, etc, 34mm, 10.70g/12h (DH 213 bis I; BHM 328), 11.93g/12h (DH 213 bis II; BHM 329) [5]. Generally about very fine, DH 212 with light tin pest, mostly rare, especially the last £120-150

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

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Provenance: DH 210 bt P. Flanagan March 1981; DH 211 bt A. Davisson November 1995; DH 212 F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln September 1903], T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 245 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 372; DH 213 bis I bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984 [from Baldwin]; *DH 213 bis II bt W. McKivor November 2000