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

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (6), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. lion and cock (3), spence edge, 11.11g/6h (DH 889), edge engrailed, 9.16g/6h (DH 889a), edge plain, 12.30g/6h (DH 889b), men under tree, 10.10g/6h (DH 890), boys at turnstile, 10.17g/6h (DH 891); guillotine, 10.43g/5h (DH 892) [6]. Last three extremely fine but DH 891 with area of light corrosion on obverse, others about extremely fine, DH 889a and 890 rare £250-300

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

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Provenance: DH 889 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 629 (part) [from P. Flanagan June 1983], bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998; DH 889a F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 889b bt W. Anderson January 1996; *DH 890 bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998; DH 891 SCMB June 1964, T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 347 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 280 (part), bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 892 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981