British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Co Dublin, Swords, W.H. Co, imitation Halfpence (3), 1792, 5.73g/12h (DH 380), 1804 (2), fingall halfpenny, 6.14g/12h (DH 379), for the good of the public, 6.25g/12h (DH 381); Uncertain locality, ‘R.L.T. & Co’, imitation Halfpence, 1792 (17), 8.91g/6h (DH 355), 8.53g/6h (DH 356), 8.04g/6h (DH 357), 7.95g/6h (DH 357a), 8.87g/6h (DH 358), 8.68g/6h (DH 359), 7.41g/6h (DH 360), 8.74g/6h (DH 361), 9.05g/6h (DH 362), 8.46g/6h (DH 363), 9.58g/6h (DH 364), 9.21g/6h (DH 367), 7.54g/6h (DH 368), 8.57g/6h (DH 369), 8.01g/6h (DH 370), 8.97g/6h (DH 371), 8.20g/5h (DH 374), mule Halfpence, revs. Associated Irish Miners Arms (2), dublin edge, 8.98g/6h (DH 373), edge plain, 7.50g/6h (DH 373, edge unlisted) [22]. Last two very fine, others in varied state, a good run of the series, several superior to the illustrations in DH and the best such group in an auction since 1998 £250-350

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

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Provenance: DH 355 and 364 bt S. Cordova October 1990; DH 356 bt W. McKivor October 1996; DH 357, 368 and 370 bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 357a bt S. Cordova May 1988; DH 358 bt S. Cordova May 1993; DH 359 bt W. McKivor January 1999; DH 360 bt J.A. Bobbe October 1993; DH 361 bt S. Cordova July 1993; DH 362 and 367 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 363 and 373 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 91 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1413 (part), bt J. Spingarn December 1998; DH 369 bt A. Davisson July 1995; DH 371 bt W. McKivor May 1997; *DH 373 variety bt J.A. Bobbe October 2002 and sold with relevant note in J.A.B.’s hand; DH 374 bt J.A. Bobbe November 2000; DH 379 bt J. Spingarn June 1997; DH 380 bt S. Cordova April 1989; DH 381 bt J.A. Bobbe August 1997