18th Century British Trade Tokens

Somerset, Bath, Lutwyche’s Pennies (3), Abbey church, revs. Guildhall, in copper (2), edge plain, 23.13g/6h (DH 4; Young 1153-4), i promise edge, 23.21g/6h (DH 4a; Young 1153), in white metal, edge plain, 15.25g/6h (DH 4; Young 1153-4); Visit of George III to Bath, 1789, a copper medal by J. Davies, bust right, rev. arms, 29mm, 7.62g/6h (DH 27; BHM 320; Young 1163, this piece) [4]. Last extremely fine with considerable original colour, others about extremely fine and better but DH 4 in white metal with some tin pest on reverse £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 4 copper bt P. Flanagan March 1982; DH 4 white metal bt A. Davisson September 2001; *DH 4a SNC April 1998 (2412), bt J. Spingarn April 1998; DH 27 T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 38 (part) [from Seaby 1963], D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lot 1163, bt R. Gladdle November 1995