18th Century British Trade Tokens

Staffordshire, Stafford, William Horton & Co, Pennies (3), 1801 (2), both horton edges, closed knot, 19.67g/6h (DH 3), open knot, 19.89g/6h (DH 4), 1803, horton edge, 20.48g/6h (DH 5); Halfpence, 1797 (2), both horton edge, 10.01g/6h (DH 20), 10.06g/6h (DH 21) [5]. DH 4 virtually as struck with almost full original colour, DH 3 and 5 extremely fine, former with most attractive brown patina and glossy surfaces, latter with some specks of verdigris but a little original colour, DH 20 about extremely fine, DH 21 fine
£200-250

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

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Provenance: DH 3 bt J.A. Bobbe September 1996; *DH 4 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1996; DH 5 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. March 1987; DH 20 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 21 bt P. Flanagan October 1980