18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpence (2), pig, rev. Britannia, 11.78g/6h (DH 843a), Tree of Liberty, rev. caduceus, 12.36g/6h (DH 884); Spence’s mule Farthing, bust left, rev. pig, 4.06g/6h (DH 1081) [3]. Second perhaps brass and once plated, fine, others extremely fine with original colour but first with collectors’ number ‘1291’ inked on reverse £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: DH 843a D.T. Batty Collection, bt September 1984; DH 884 bt H. Simmons 2009; DH 1081 bt S.E. Schwer January 1984