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

Greater Metropolitan area, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpence (7), Bethnal Green, St Mathew’s, 1797, edge plain, 12.12g/11h (DH 547); Shadwell, St Paul’s, coventry edge, 13.37g/6h (DH 623); Stepney, Church (2), coventry edge, 13.73g/6h (DH 629), edge plain, 9.38g/12h (DH 629a); Stoke Newington, Church, edge plain, 11.47g/1h (DH 630a); Whitechapel, St Mary’s, edge plain, 13.63g/12h (DH 642); Willesden, Church, edge plain, 14.10g/11h (DH 643a) [7]. DH 629 very fine and very rare, others generally extremely fine, DH 547, 630a and 642 with much original colour
£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 547 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 180 (part) [from Spink December 1907], J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 148 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 232 (part), bt R. Gladdle August 1986; DH 623 F.S. Cokayne Collection [from J. Atkins November 1905], T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 312 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 580 (part); *DH 629 T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 313 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 242 (part), with S.E. Schwer, bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 629a and 630a bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 642 T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 315 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 643a bt M.Z. Gerson April 1980