18th Century British Trade Tokens

Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Salop Woollen Manufactory, Halfpence, 1793 (4), all shrewsbury edge, 11.34g/6h (DH 19), 10.80g/6h (DH 20), 11.13g/5h (DH 21), 11.10g/6h (DH 22); Hancock’s mule Halfpence (2), revs. Bishop Blaize, anglesey edge, 11.17g/12h (DH 23), edge plain [but a few file marks], 10.65g/12h (DH 23a; Farnell, SCMB 1959, p.255, this piece); imitation Halfpence, 1794 (6), cronebane edge, 8.98g/6h (DH 25b), london cork edge, 7.82g/6h (DH 25c), bristol edge, 9.67g/12h (DH 25d), edge plain, 9.31g/6h (DH 25f), anglesey edge, 8.13g/6h (DH 25g), dublin cork edge, 7.61g/6h (DH 25h); imitation mule Halfpenny, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, 6.26g/12h (DH 26) [13]. DH 19, 25d and 25f about extremely fine, latter two with original colour, others generally fine, some rare, especially DH 23a
£80-100

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

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Provenance: DH 19 bt R. Gladdle August 1992; DH 20 bt P. Flanagan March 1981; DH 21 bt M.Z. Gerson September 1978; DH 22 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1978; DH 23 and 23a J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 13 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe July 1982; DH 25b bt J. Spingarn May 1997; DH 25d bt J.A. Bobbe February 1982; *DH 25f bt J. Spingarn October 1997; DH 25g bt S. Cordova March 1995; DH 25h bt S. Cordova May 1993; DH 26 bt P. Flanagan June 1997