18th Century British Trade Tokens

Somerset, Bath, Francis Heath, Halfpence (4), 1794, heath edge, 9.91g/6h (DH 39; Young 1170), 1795, edge grained, small [29mm] flan, 9.63g/6h (DH 40; Young 1170), 1796 (2), revs. Pump Room, edge grained, 9.70g/6h (DH 41; Young 1170), Walcot Turnpike, walcot edge, 10.64g/6h (DH 45; Young 1171); Farthings (2), 1794, 4.71g/6h (DH 115; Young 1217), 1795, 4.67g/6h (DH 116; Young 1217); mule Halfpence by Lutwyche (2), revs. arms of Bath, anglesey edge, 11.42g/6h (DH 42; Young 1171), ancient tower, anglesey edge, 11.51g/6h (DH 43; Young 1171); John Jelly, Lutwyche’s Penny, 1794, small [30mm] flan, 20.92g/6h (DH 5; Young 1155), Halfpenny, 1794, large [30mm] flan, 9.13g/6h (DH 26; Young 1162) [10]. Last very fine, others about extremely fine and better, Farthings patinated, remainder with original colour £150-200

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

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Provenance: DH 5 bt J.A. Bobbe February 1982; DH 26 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1978; DH 39 bt J.A. Bobbe June 2001; DH 40 bt J.A. Bobbe April 1993; DH 41 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 42 bt P. Flanagan June 1997; DH 43 J. Spingarn Collection FPL (333) [from P. Flanagan], bt J.S. February 2001; *DH 45 bt M.Z. Gerson September 1978; DH 115 bt M.Z. Gerson January 1979; DH 116 bt M.Z. Gerson May 1980