18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Donald & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, edge plain, 10.09g/12h (DH 123); issuer uncertain [possibly Joseph Farror], Halfpence, 1791 (4), 12.61g/6h (DH 45; Ogden, BNJ 1910, p.192 and pl.), 14.78g/6h (DH 46), 12.59g/6h (DH 47), 11.17g/6h (DH 48); mule Halfpenny, bust of Shakespeare, rev. seated Vulcan, anglesey edge, 11.32g/6h (DH 49; Ogden, BNJ 1910, p.192 and pl.) [6]. DH 45 extremely fine with original colour, DH 46 and 123 good very fine, others fine, DH 48 harshly lacquered £40-60

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

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Provenance: *DH 45 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1982; DH 46 bt A. Davisson November 1995; DH 47 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1979; DH 48 bt J.A. Bobbe August 1997; DH 49 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1979; DH 123 bt A. Davisson May 2003.

See also lot 636