18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.84g/6h (DH 295); Chiswell Street, Robert Heslop, Halfpenny, 7.64g/5h (DH 336b); City Road, Thomas Hall, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.34g/6h (DH 315c); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpence, 1795 (3), 7.71g/12h (DH 275), 7.56g/12h (DH 275a), 7.68g/6h (DH 276); Long Acre, John Fowler, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 8.78g/6h, 8.70g/6h (both DH 306) [8]. DH 306s, 315 and 336b very fine, others extremely fine with original colour, especially DH 375 £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: DH *275 and 275a W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 153 (part) [275 from W.H. Regan, 275a from Baldwin April 1913], Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1419 (part); DH 276 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 237 (part) [from Spink], Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1419 (part); DH 295 bt R. Sharman September 1984; DH 306 at 8.78g Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1419 (part); DH 306 at 8.70g R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T8, 6 October 2010, lot 315 (part) [acquired 1978]; DH 315 bt J. Whitmore May 2001; DH 336b J. Wahl Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 18, 21 November 2002 (474)