The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence

Birmingham, Donald & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, edge plain, 7.55g/6h (DH 123); Joseph Farror, Halfpence, 1791 (4), 12.44g/6h (DH 45; Ogden, BNJ 1910, p.192 and pl.), 13.59g/6h (DH 46), 11.73g/6h (DH 47), 12.38g/6h (DH 48); mule Halfpenny, bust of Shakespeare, rev. seated Vulcan, anglesey edge, 11.31g/6h (DH 49; Ogden, BNJ 1910, p.192 and pl.); John Freeth, Lutwyche’s Penny, lutwyche edge, 19.68g/6h (DH 30) [7]. DH 30 and 45 extremely fine, former with virtually full original colour, DH 48 fine and very rare, others very fine (£90-120)

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 47 and 123 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lots 321 and 330 (parts) [47 from Spink, 123 from Baldwin].

DH 30 only illustrated. Donald & Co, stocking manufacturers, 29 Bull street and later at 74 High street, proprietor William Donald, fl. 1792-c. 1815 (Manville p.199). Joseph Farror (†by 1818), tea dealer, Temple street and 38 Bull ring, agent for the Phoenix Fire Insurance Office, Lombard street, London and, by 1795, in partnership with Mr W. Goode, 11 New street, as an auctioneer. John Freeth (1731-1808), the ‘Birmingham poet’, proprietor of Freeth’s Coffee House, Bell street, and publisher of The Political Songster (Longman p.71)