18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, trial of the unfinished rev. for his Halfpenny, 1797, in white metal, figure of Justice in sunken oval divides date in Roman numerals, facta æquato examine pendit, edge plain, 10.81g (DH 66 bis II, this piece). Extremely fine and of the highest rarity £900-1,200

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

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Provenance: F.W. Lincoln ‘No. 1’ Collection; F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln March 1934]; T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 110 [from Baldwin]; P.C. Deane Collection; J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. May 2005