18th Century British Trade Tokens

Sussex, Eastbourne, Frederick Fisher, Halfpenny, 1796, sea bathing edge, 9.70g/6h (DH 21); East Grinstead, John Boorman, Halfpence, 1795 (2), boorman edge, 8.96g/6h (DH 22), lancaster edge, 9.09g/6h (DH 22a); Frant, George Ring, Halfpenny, 1794, frant edge, 9.09g/6h (DH 23); Hastings, James Tebay, Halfpence, 1794 (2), tebays edge, 9.43g/6h (DH 25), edge plain, 8.64g/6h (DH 26) [6]. DH 25 extremely fine, DH 22a nearly so and with attractive patina, very rare, others very fine £60-80

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

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Provenance: DH 21 bt P. Flanagan April 1981; DH 22 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 22a bt S. Cordova January 1994; DH 23 bt P. Flanagan October 1980; *DH 25 by R. Gladdle May 1996; DH 26 bt S. Cordova March 1991