18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Finsbury Square, James Lackington & Co, Halfpence, 1794 (6), 9.71g/6h, 8.57g/6h (both DH 351), 7.82g/7h (DH 351c), 11.23g/6h (DH 352), 10.03g/6h (DH 352a), 10.80g/6h (DH 352c); Lackington, Allen & Co, Halfpence (12), 1794 (6), 9.45g/6h (DH 353), 9.27g/6h (DH 353a), 11.06g/6h (DH 353c), edge plain, 8.75g/6h (DH 353, edge unlisted), 9.29g/6h (DH 354), 8.76g/6h (DH 355); undated, 9.67g/6h (DH 356); 1795 (5), 8.79g/6h (DH 357), 8.79g/6h (DH 357b), 8.69g/6h (DH 358), 8.61g/6h (DH 358a), 8.59g/6h (DH 358b); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, rev. arms of Liverpool, 6.57g/6h (DH 361) [19]. DH 352, 353c, 357 and 358 all extremely fine with much original colour, 353c very rare, DH 352c, 354, 355, 356 and 358a all very fine or better, some with colour, DH 358b fair but very rare, others generally fine, an excellent group of the issuer £300-400

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

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Provenance: DH 351 at 9.71g bt S.E. Schwer May 1982; DH 358 bt S.E. Schwer October 1986; others except for DH 353 Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1400 (part), additionally: DH 351 at 8.57g and 354 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 245 (part) [both from Verity], all others except DH 352, *353c, 353 with unlisted edge and 358b W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 166 (part) [352a and 352c from Baldwin October 1915, 353a and 355 from Spink January 1908, 356 from Baldwin August 1907, 357 from Spink March 1912, 357b from Baldwin November 1913, 358a from Lincoln March 1903, 361 from W.H. Regan]