18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Coventry, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (8), Bablake Hospital, no stop after p, edge plain, 13.16g/6h (DH 282a); Barracks, stop after p, coventry edge, 12.65g/6h (DH 284); County Hall (3), no stop after p (2), coventry edge, 13.54g/6h (DH 288), edge plain, 13.57g/6h (DH 288a), stop after p, coventry edge, 13.79g/6h (DH 289); Coventry Cross, no stop after p, coventry edge, 13.90g/6h (DH 286); Drapers’ Hall, stop after p, coventry edge, 13.27g/12h (DH 291); Ford’s Hospital, no stop after p, edge plain, 13.40g/6h (DH 293a) [8]. About extremely fine and better, DH 288 and 291 with almost full original colour, others mostly bronzed £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 282a bt P. Flanagan November 1981; DH 284 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1984; DH 286 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1980; DH 288 J.A. Bobbe Collection [from H. Spicker July 1981], bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 288a J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired October 1980], bt J.A.B. December 1987; DH 289 bt J. Spingarn March 1987; *DH 291 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1982; DH 293a bt J.A. Bobbe February 1982