Important British Trade Tokens

Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (3), type 2, all in brass, Ordnance Office, 25.53g/6h (DH 64), St Thomas’s Hospital, 22.52g/6h (DH 66), Trinity Almshouse, 23.49g/6h (DH 67) [3]. DH 64 from the flawed obverse die; last about very fine, others good very fine but somewhat dulled, all very rare (£100-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of London 18th Century Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance:
D.E. Litrenta Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 1342, additionally:
*DH 64 R.B. Bain Collection, Sotheby Auction, 30-1 May 1932, lot 23 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin July 1932], Baldwin Auction 24, 9-10 October 2000, lot 1093 (part)
DH 66 Yeates Collection, F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin March 1923], Baldwin Auction 24, 9-10 October 2000, lot 1094 (part)
DH 67 J. Dudman Collection, F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin April 1914], Baldwin Auction 24, 9-10 October 2000, lot 1094 (part)