18th Century British Trade Tokens

Wiltshire, Salisbury, John and Thomas Sharpe, Halfpence, 1796 (2), sharpes edge, 8.44g/6h (DH 21), edge plain, 8.22g/6h (DH 21b); Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), edge grained, 9.74g/6h (DH 12), edge plain, 9.62g/6h (DH 12a) [4]. DH 12 and 12a extremely fine but former with striking crack, others fine, DH 21b harshly lacquered but rare £120-150

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

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Provenance: DH 12 bt M.Z. Gerson October 1981; *DH 12a J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 58 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe December 1984; DH 21 bt T. Madigan February 1993; DH 21b J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 58 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe July 1982