Lincolnshire, Sleaford, Thomas Ball, Halfpence (2), ball edge, 9.65g/7h (DH 3), plain edge, 9.45g/6h (DH 3b); Spalding [and Holbeach], Thomas Jennings, Halfpence, 1794 (7), small lion above Britannia’s head (2), iennings edge, 8.99g/12h (DH 4), edge payable in london bristol & lancaster, 9.93g/6h (DH 4, edge unpublished); small lion below Britannia (5), iennings edge, 10.60g/12h (DH 5), edge plain, 10.56g/12h (DH 5a), current every where edge, 10.36g/12h (DH 5, edge unpublished), iennings edge, 9.80g/12h (DH 6), iordans error edge, 9.36g/6h (DH 6a); Wainfleet, David Wright and S. Palmer, Halfpence, 1793 (2), warehouse edge, 11.36g/12h (DH 8), warehouses edge, 11.84g/6h (DH 8a) [11]. DH 3, 5, 6a and 8 about extremely fine or better, DH 4 and 5 with unpublished edges good fine, both rare, others generally very fine (£70-90)

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:
All Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 4, 5, 6, 6a and 8 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 228 (part) [DH 4 from J. Verity, 5 from Spink, others from J. Henry]

Thomas Ball, grocer and ironmonger; Thomas Jennings, ironmonger and stationer

The seventh item is an unpublished edge variant of DH 4, not DH 5