18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Birmingham Mining & Copper Co, Halfpence, 1791 (6), all birmingham edges, obv. dies signed w [Whitmore] (3), 13.58g/6h (DH 77), 16.24g/6h (DH 79, silver Proof), 13.79g/6h (DH 80), obv. dies unsigned (3), 13.31g/6h (DH 81), 13.85g/7h (DH 82), 13.26g/7h (DH 83) [6]. DH 80 and 82 extremely fine, DH 81 very fine but harshly lacquered, others in varied state, silver Proof pierced but rare £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 77 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1979; DH 79 and 80 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 971 (part) [from Spink 1975 and 1972]; DH 81 P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 969 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH 82 bt P. Flanagan June 1985; DH 83 bt S. Cordova January 1990