Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 849 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£350

Warwickshire, Coventry, Robert Reynolds & Co, Halfpence (12), 1792 (7), reynolds edge (6), 11.99g/6h (DH 231), 12.99g/6h (DH 232), 11.77g/6h (DH 233), 11.50g/6h (DH 235), 11.52g/6h (DH 236), 12.58g/6h (DH 237), nuneaton edge, 10.15g/6h (DH 234); 1794 (3), liverpool edge, 10.44g/6h (DH 247), reynolds edge (2), 10.79g/12h (DH 248), 11.33g/12h (DH 249); 1795 (2), reynolds edge, 11.16g/12h (DH 251), edge grained, 14.75g/6h (DH 252) [10]. DH 231, 235, 237 and 249 about extremely fine and better, others generally about very fine or better, DH 247 rare £100-150

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

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Provenance: DH 231 bt A. Davisson March 1994; DH 232 and 252 bt P. Flanagan November 1981; DH 233 bt P. Flanagan December 1979; DH 234 bt P. Flanagan March 1982; *DH 235 bt J.A. Bobbe January 1994; DH 236 and 248 bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 237 bt R. Gladdle August 1994; DH 247 bt J.A. Bobbe September 2002; DH 249 bt W. Anderson January 1996; DH 251 bt A. Davisson January 1996.

The lack of a die flaw on the reverse of DH 237 indicates that it was struck before DH 232

12 tokens in the lot, as described