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

Norwich, Robert Campin, Halfpence (4), 1793 (2), current every where edge, 9.82g/6h (DH 20), birmingham edge, 8.76g/6h (DH 20a); 1794 (2), current every where edge, 9.69g/12h (DH 21), edge plain, 10.22g/12h (DH 21d); Joseph Clarke, Halfpence, 1794 (3), edge plain, 10.35g/6h (DH 22), cronebane edge, 10.08g/6h (DH 22a), lancaster edge, 7.24g/6h (DH 22b); Richard Dinmore & Son, Halfpence (5), finger to t (2), dinmore edge, 10.44g/12h (DH 23), edge plain, 10.42g/12h (DH 23b), finger to y (3), dinmore edge, 9.84g/12h (DH 24), london edge, 10.82g/6h (DH 24a), edge plain, 9.87g/12h (DH 24c); mule Halfpence (5), revs. ship, current every where edge, 10.50g/12h (DH 25), dove and cornucopia (4), current every where edge, 9.23g/6h (DH 26), dunham & yallop edge, 11.41g/9h (DH 26b), emsworth edge, 9.98g/10h (DH 26c), edge plain, 9.51g/6h (DH 26e); Dunham & Yallop, Halfpence (6), 1792 (3), short palm branch, dunham & yallop edge, 11.32g/6h (DH 27a), long palm branch (2), gold-smiths edge, 11.39g/6h (DH 28), dunham & yallop edge, 10.85g/6h (DH 28a), 1793 (2), both gold-smiths edge, 11.34g/6h (DH 31), 11.36g/6h (DH 32), 1796, edge grained, 9.26g/6h (DH 33) [23]. DH 20a about fine, 27a fine, others very fine and better, several with original colour (£180-220)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 20, 21, 22a, 23, 24, 24c, 25, 26e, 28, *31, 32 and 33 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 288 (part) [20, 21, 22a, 24c, 26e and 28 from Baldwin, 23, 24, 25 and 32 from Verity, 31 from J. Henry].

Robert Campin, haberdasher, Goat lane. Joseph Clarke, hatter and hosier, 2 Gentleman’s walk. Richard Dinmore, ironmonger and hemp merchant, Timber Hall, a staunch Republican and president of Norwich’s Patriotic Society; his son, also Richard (1765-1811), was a Jacobin apologist who migrated to the USA, where he published poetry in Washington in 1802 – at the time of his death his father was still alive. Dunham & Yallop, goldsmiths and jewellers, haberdashers, cutlers, dealers in tea, coffee and chocolate (Saville, SCMB 1969, p.191), Market place, proprietors Robert Dunham (1762-1825), his wife Francis (1763-1816) and John Harrison Yallop (1758-1835), the latter being sheriff of Norwich in 1805 and mayor in 1815 and 1831, the year he was knighted; all three are buried in the churchyard of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich