Important British Trade Tokens

Halfpence (9), Gracechurch Street, St Bennet’s, 10.17g/7h (DH 589); Hanover Square, St George’s, 11.97g/12h (DH 592a); Leadenhall Street, St Andrew’s, 9.92g/1h (DH 597); Little Tower Street, St Margaret Pattens, 9.77g/12h (DH 637a); Lombard Street, Allhallows, 11.53g/12h (DH 599), St Edmond the King, 11.04g/11h (DH 600); London Wall, St Alphage, 9.01g/12h (DH 603); Minories, St Trinity, 10.30g/6h (DH 613a); Old Fish Street, St Nicholas, 11.30g/1h (DH 582) [9]. DH 589 and 637a very fine, DH 599, 600 and 613a extremely fine, latter two with much original colour, others about extremely fine but remains of old collectors’ number in field on DH 603 (£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:
DH 582 T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 191 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 237 (part), DNW Auction 60, 9 December 2003, lot 1245 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 2004
DH 589 and 600 bt Baldwin June 2004
DH 592a and 597 bt Baldwin March 2005
DH 599 bt Baldwin October 2004
DH 603 and 613a D.E. Litrenta Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 1427 (part)
DH 637a bt J. Holman June 2004