The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin

Unlocalised issues, Skidmore’s Revd. William Cooper Halfpenny, 9.33g/12h (DH Middlesex 1007), Skidmore’s Revd. William Romaine Halfpenny, 1795, 9.62g/12h (DH 1036; BHM 402), Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, rev. murd. by the factious, etc, 7.15g/12h (DH 995a); Uncertain manufacturers, Thomas Hardy Halfpence, 1794 (2), 8.39g/12h, 7.82g/12h (both DH 1024), John Horne Tooke’s Halfpence, 1794 (2), 8.68g/6h (DH 1044b), 8.34g/6h (DH 1045a), I.W’s ‘Dophin’ Halfpenny, 6.74g/6h (DH 1002), Tom Tackle Halfpenny, 6.77g/6h (DH 1048), W.P., Farthing, 1757, 2.72g/6h (DH 1172), H.B., Farthing, 1803, 3.33g/6h (DH 1174) [11]. Generally very fine, some better £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin.

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Provenance: DH 995a bt P.C. Deane; DH 1002 bt R. Gladdle June 1993; DH 1007, 1024, 1044b at 7.82g and 1045a G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lots 103, 137 (parts) [1044b from Seaby 1966]; DH 1024 at 8.39g bt R. Jeffery March 1983; DH 1036 bt S.E. Schwer December 1988; DH 1048 bt S.E. Schwer April 1990; DH 1172 with Baldwin, bt R. Gladdle June 2000; DH 1174 P.C. Deane Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 4-5 December 1985, lot 289 (part), bt P.C.D. June 1986