Auction Catalogue

13 December 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1268

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13 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£270

18th Century, Middlesex, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), Pandora’s breeches, rev. bust of John Horne Tooke, 10.61g/6h (DH 841); pig, rev. noted advocates, etc, 8.67g/6h (DH 842b); stag and tree, rev. snail on river-bank, 10.18g/6h (DH 862); boys at turnstile, rev. Westminster scholar, 10.34g/6h (DH 898); mule Farthings (2), legend, revs. man on bull with ass’s head, 3.13g/12h, 2.97g/6h (both DH 1112) [6]. DH 898 extremely fine with original colour, DH 841 and 862 about extremely fine, others fine to very fine (£120-150)

Provenance:
DH 898 and 1112 at 2.97g bt A. Davisson, additionally:
DH 898 T.A. Jan Collection, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 348 (part) [from Seaby 1963]