British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Thomas Spence series, Mule Farthings (6), bust left, revs. Britannia, 4.01g/6h (DH 1077), man on bull with ass’s head, 3.80g/6h (DH 1078), conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.66g/4h (DH 1079), padlock, 3.20g/12h (DH 1080), pig, 3.79g/6h (DH 1081, small flan), slave, 4.06g/6h (DH 1082) [6]. First two fine to very fine, others about extremely fine or better, but DH 1079 with striking crack £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: DH 1077 and 1080 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 1078 bt M.Z. Gerson August 1979; DH 1079 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1987 [from M.Z. Gerson August 1979]; DH 1081 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1981; *DH 1082 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 107 (part), bt J. Spingarn October 1996