Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 677 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£440

Somerset, Bridgwater, James Holloway & Son, Halfpence, 1794 (5), on demand edge, 10.50g/6h (DH 86; Young 1196), south shields edge, 9.54g/6h (DH 86b; Young 1201), london edge, 9.91g/6h (DH 86d; Young 1201), edge plain, 10.25g/6h (DH 86e; Young –), willey snedshill edge, 10.40g/6h (DH 86g; Young 1201, this piece); mule Halfpence by Lutwyche (2), revs. mounted dragoon, london edge, 9.74g/6h (DH 87; Young 1202), edge plain [filed], 7.99g/6h (DH 87b; Young –) [7]. DH 86 good very fine, others about extremely fine and better but DH 86b with small metal fault on obverse, this and DH 86g very rare £250-300

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

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Provenance: DH 86 bt J.A. Bobbe April 1993; DH 86b SNC April 1994 (2930), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 820; DH 86d, 86e and 87b bt J.A. Bobbe November 1996; *DH 86g T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 219 (part) [from Spink October 1977], D. Young Collection, Baldwin Auction 6, 11 October 1995, lot 1201 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 822; DH 87 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981