British Tokens

18th Century Tokens, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, Halfpenny, 1791, 13.01g/6h (DH 2a, bronzed); imitation Halfpence, 1791 (10), no signature (4), cambridge edge, 9.85g/6h (DH 3a), london edge, 7.23g/62h (DH 3b), bristol edge, 9.88g/6h (DH 3c), edge plain, not rounded, 9.40g/12h (DH 3i); with fa signature (3), lancaster edge, 10.14g/6h (DH 4), leek edge, 9.56g/6h (DH 4d), edge plain, 11.96g/6h (DH 4f); with ornament under date (3), lancaster edge, 11.13g/6h (DH 5), portsmouth edge, 9.19g/6h (DH 5a), clacke edge, 9.63g/8h (DH 5d) [11]. DH 2a, 3b, 3c and 4f extremely fine, last three with a little original colour, DH 3a, 4 and 4d very fine, DH 5a and 5d fair but both very rare, others fine £150-200

Provenance: DH 2a bt R. Gladdle April 2006; DH 3a and *3c bt R. Pratt December 1997; DH 3b bt J.L. Holman April 2000; DH 3i bt J.L. Holman June 2004; DH 4 bt J.L. Holman November 2000; DH 4d with Spink 1975, bt Spink June 2001; DH 4f bt W. Seese December 1997; DH 5 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 175 (part) [from W. Henderson March 1965], bt R. Gladdle June 2003; DH 5a bt November 2011; DH 5d bt J. Whitmore August 1998