Auction Catalogue

7 October 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 234 x

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7 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£410

Lancashire, Liverpool, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (18), ship types (15), revs. Britannia seated (2), london edge, 7.75g/5h (DH 111a), PILMER edge, 11.30g/6h (DH 111c), bust of Earl Howe, 1795, portsmouth edge, 9.82g/6h (DH 113), bust of John of Gaunt, every where edge, 9.18g/6h (DH 114), Bishop Blaize standing, anglesey edge, 11.09g/6h (DH 115), seated female, anglesey edge, 9.97g/11h (DH 118), bust of Earl Howe, undated (6), redruth edge, 9.12g/7h (DH 120), oppress’d edge, 7.86g/6h (DH 120a), dublin edge, 9.02g/6h (DH 120b), cork edge, 9.02g/6h (DH 120c), brighton edge, 7.08g/6h (DH 120e), plain edge, 5.72g/6h (DH 120f), bust of Prince of Wales (2), ANGLESEY edge, 9.70g/6h (DH 121), plain edge, 10.00g/12h (DH 121b), bust of Bishop Blaize, plain edge, 8.84g/6h (DH 122a); arms types (3), revs. Britannia seated, 1795, london edge, 7.36g/6h (DH 123), Bishop Blaize standing, liverpool edge, 8.33g/6h (DH 124), Britannia seated, plain edge, 6.45g/6h (DH 126) [18]. DH 114, 118, 120, 120b, 121 and 121b very fine or better, last two very rare, others in varied state, many rare £100-150

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

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Provenance: DH 111a and 113 bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 111c bt J.A. Bobbe August 2002; DH 114 bt M.Z. Gerson August 1978; DH 115 bt P. Flanagan April 1980; DH 118 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 120 bt R. Gladdle September 1986; DH 120a and 123 Fawcett/Litman Collection, Dr D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1314 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe November 2004; DH 120b J.R. Farnell Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 70 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 237 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998; DH 120c W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 237 (part) [from S.E. Schwer 1984]; DH 120e bt W. McKivor February 1998; DH 120f S.V. Hagley Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 237 (part); DH 121 and *121b Spink Auction 81, 19 November 1990, lot 272 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 238 (part); DH 122a bt S. Cordova May 1990; DH 124 bt S. Cordova March 1995; DH 126 bt S. Cordova November 1989