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

Mule Halfpence (5), bust of John Thelwall, revs. cap of Liberty (3), skidmore edge (2), in copper, 12.61g/6h, in brass, 12.27g/6h (both DH 865), edge plain, 13.26g/6h (DH 865a); Minerva (2), spence edge, 9.49g/11h (DH 866), skidmore edge, 12.47g/3h (DH 866b, recorded from this specimen) [5]. Brass specimen about very fine and very rare but surfaces dirty, DH 866 extremely fine with much original colour, 866b weakly struck and only very fine but extremely rare, others about extremely fine, DH 865 with flan crack (£200-250)

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:
DH 865 copper Glendining Auction, 25-6 October 1906, lot 12 (part), W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 195 (part), Fawcett/Litman Collection
DH 866b F.S. Cokayne Collection [from a ‘USA collection’ via Spink, December 1926], Davisson FPL Winter 1998-9
Others W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 195 (part) [865 brass from Baldwin April 1923, 865a and *866 from R. Dalton December 1910], Fawcett/Litman Collection