Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 250

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£440

18th Century Tokens, Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, E. Campbell, Halfpence (6), 1795, 10.70g/6h (DH 13b; Bell, CC p.261, this piece), 1796 (5), 7.36g/12h (DH 14a; Bell, CC p.261, this piece), 7.86g/5h (DH 15), 9.08g/9h (DH 15a, edge with traces of filing), 8.35g/12h (DH 16), 9.40g/12h (DH 17); Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, 13.30g/6h (DH 18) [7]. DH 13a and 18 extremely fine with original colour, DH 16 fair but very rare, others fine to very fine £140-180

Provenance: DH 13b, 14a and *18 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 183 (part); DH 15 bt Reading CC June 1999; DH 15a with Spink 1975, SNC June 2001 (0536); DH 16 bt J. Whitmore April 2010; DH 17 bt J.L. Holman November 1998