18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Allin, Halfpence, 1796 (2), edge grained, 10.60g/12h (DH 62), edge plain, 10.29g/12h (DH 62, edge unlisted); Henry Biggs, Halfpence (4), 1792 with bust of Elliot (2), biggs edge, 11.46g/6h (DH 70), edge plain, 8.90g/6h (DH 70a), with bust of Samuel Johnson (2), biggs edge, 11.41g/6h (DH 71; Bell, CC p.193, this piece), w. hampton edge, 11.21g/6h (DH 71a); James Bisset, Halfpenny, with pictures, edge plain, 10.59g/6h (DH 120) [7]. DH 120 extremely fine, reverse with original colour, DH 71 and 71a fine, latter with attempted piercing on obverse but rare, others very fine, second extremely rare
£80-100

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

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Provenance: DH 62 bt P. Flanagan March 1984; DH 62 unlisted edge bt J.A. Bobbe April 1993; DH 70 bt J.A. Bobbe November 1996; DH 70a bt R. Gladdle August 1994; DH 71 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 148 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1996; DH 71a bt M.Z. Gerson February 1980; DH 120 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1979