Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 899 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£320

Worcestershire, Dudley, Spence’s mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. noted advocates, etc, london and engrailed edge, 9.59g/1h (DH 9); seated Britannia, edge plain, 12.38g/6h (DH 10); caduceus, spence edge, 12.15g/5h (DH 11) [3]. Extremely fine, last better and with considerable original colour, second very rare £150-200

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

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Provenance: DH 9 P.C. Deane Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 4-5 December 1985, lot 349 (part), bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 10 bt J. Spingarn December 1997; *DH 11 bt J.A. Bobbe June 1996