British Tokens

18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Workhouse, Alston’s Halfpenny, 1796, 9.09g/12h (DH 63); Gimblett’s Two Shillings and Sixpence, 1788 (5), in copper (2), 19.35g/12h, 19.03g/12h, in brass, 19.25g/12h, in plated brass, 19.02g/12h (all DH 1), in plated brass, counterstamped w both sides, 19.00g/12h (DH 1a) [6]. About very fine and better, particularly the first three £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: DH 1 at 19.03g bt S.E. Schwer April 1982; DH 1 in brass bt S.E. Schwer December 1981; DH 63 bt J. Whitmore November 1997; others T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 78 (part) [*DH 1 at 19.35g from Baldwin 1966]