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

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (4), sailor, revs. crowned anchor and hearts (3), spence edge, 11.91g/5h (DH 857), skidmore edge, 12.41g/5h (DH 857a), york edge, 11.62g/5h (DH 857b), anchor and cable, edge grained, 9.65g/6h (DH 858) [4]. DH 857a fine, others about extremely fine, last better and on an oval-shaped flan, DH 857b scratched on obverse but extremely rare £180-220

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

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Provenance: DH 857 bt R. Gladdle September 1990; DH 857a W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 623 (part) [from P. Flanagan June 1983], bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH 857b T. Bliss Collection, W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 195 (part) [from R. Dalton May 1915], bt A. Davisson April 1998; *DH 858 bt R. Gladdle March 1994 [from Baldwin]