Auction Catalogue

29 September 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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The Important Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by the late Dr David L Spence, of Pittsburgh (Part II)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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№ 1495

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29 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£330

Mule Halfpence (7), heads of man and ass conjoined, revs. man in prison gnawing bone, edge plain, 10.62g/1h (DH 790b); heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined (2), spence x edge, 10.50g/2h (DH 795), edge plain, 11.75g/6h (DH 795b); bust of John Horne Tooke (2), spence edge, 10.68g/6h (DH 796), edge engrailed, 9.19g/11h (DH 796b); Tree of Liberty (2), edge grained, 9.41g/6h (DH 797), edge plain, 11.48g/7h (DH 797a) [7]. DH 795 extremely fine with original colour, edge lettering doubly impressed, others very fine and better, a few, including DH 797, with original colour, some rare (£250-300)

Provenance:
*DH 797
SNC July-August 1976 (6161), W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 609 (part), Davissons FPL Winter 1998-9, Davissons Mailbid Sale 12, 18 November 1999 (288)
Others all Fawcett/Litman Collection