18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpence or medalets (33), 10.40g/6h (DH 259), 10.16g/12h, 10.12g/12h (both DH 260), 9.70g/12h (DH 260 bis), 9.37g/12h, 9.06g/12h (both DH 261), 6.94g/12h (DH 262), 9.58g/6h, 9.22g/6h (both DH 263), white metal, 7.84g/6h (DH 264), white metal, 8.94g/12h (DH 265), 8.77g/12h, 8.75g/12h, white metal, 10.11g/12h (all DH 267), 10.51g/12h, 9.04g/12h, white metal, 8.06g/12h (all DH 268), 8.48g/6h, 8.29g/6h (both DH 270), 8.21g/6h, 7.85g/6h, white metal, 6.93g/6h (all DH 271), 8.15g/6h, 7.95g/6h (both DH 272), 11.25g/7h, 10.54g/1h (both DH 273), 9.27g/6h, 9.09g/6h (both DH 274), 9.35g/12h, 9.24g/12h, 6.57g/12h (all DH 274b, large [2] and small flans), white metal, 4.41g/12h (DH 274 bis), white metal, 10.49g/3h (DH –) [33]. DH 264 white metal, 267 white metal, one 268, 271 white metal and one 274 all extremely fine, others generally fine to very fine, many pierced as issued; an excellent and truly comprehensive range of tokens for this issuer, some very rare and an ideal study group £600-800

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

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Provenance: DH 268 white metal H. Chambers Collection, H. Simmons Mailbid Sale 35 (160).
The following R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T8, 6 October 2010, lot 315 (part): DH 260 at 10.16g [from W. McKivor May 1997] DH 260 bis [acquired 1978], DH 261 at 9.37g [from R. Gladdle July 1993], DH 263 at 9.22g and 268 at 10.51g W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 418 (part) [263 from S.E. Schwer 1984], *DH 264 [from J. Spingarn March 1997] DH 265 [from S. Cordova June 1993], DH 267 at 8.77g and 272 at 8.15g [from M.Z. Gerson November 1981], DH 270 at 8.48g J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 130 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 419 (part), DH 271 at 8.21g [from S. Cordova May 1990], DH 273 at 10.54g [from P. Flanagan June 1985], DH 274 at 9.09g [from B. Sailor August 1997], DH 274b at 9.35g [from P. Flanagan May 2005], DH 274 bis [from S. Cordova February 1991], DH unlisted [from J. Spingarn April 1997].
The remainder W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lots 153 and 155 (parts) [259, 260 at 10.12g, 263 at 9.22g, 267 at 8.75g and 268 at 9.04g from Baldwin September 1908, 261 at 9.06g and 275a from Baldwin April 1913, 262 from R. Dalton December 1910, 267 white metal from Baldwin September 1928, 270 at 8.29g and 271 at 7.85g gift of ‘J.E.’, 271 white metal and 274b at 9.24g from Lincoln September 1908, 272 at 7.95g from Lincoln August 1909, 273 at 11.25g from W.H. Regan, 274 at 9.27g from W.H. Regan March 1903, 274b at 6.57g from Baldwin October 1923], Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1419 (part)