18th Century British Trade Tokens

Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Farthings (4), man in barge sailing left, revs. man on bull with ass’s head, edge plain, 4.05g/5h (DH 29a); Britannia seated, edge plain, 3.99g/6h (DH 30a); conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.94g/12h (DH 31; Bell, PC p.259, this piece); pig, 3.50g/6h (DH 32) [4]. DH 31 extremely fine, obverse with a hint of original colour, others very fine and better, last with bright appearance £200-250

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

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Provenance: DH 29a bt J.A. Bobbe April 1993; DH 30a bt R. Gladdle August 1993; *DH 31 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 120 (part), SNC November 1997 (5865), bt J. Spingarn November 1997; DH 32 with P. Flanagan May 1978, bt J.A. Bobbe December 1987