18th Century British Trade Tokens

Shropshire, Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Halfpence, 1792 (9), all with inner circle on obvs., lamps on bridge with dual supports (7), first from the same dies as previous, edge payable at coalbrook-dale and ketley, 13.76g/6h (DH 8 bis), 13.98g/6h (DH 9), 13.81g/6h (DH 10), 14.40g/12h (DH 12), 13.62g/12h (DH 13), 12.28g/12h (DH 14), 13.20g/12h (DH 15); lamps with single supports (2), 12.97g/12h (DH 16), 13.13g/12h (DH 17) [9]. DH 10 and 14 better than very fine but latter spotted, others mostly fine, DH 8 bis extremely rare £80-100

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

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Provenance: DH 8 bis bt S. Cordova April 1996; DH 9 bt P. Flanagan April 1999; DH 10 bt W. Anderson January 1996; DH 12 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1979; DH 13 bt J. Spingarn November 1997; DH 14 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 15 J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 13 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe July 1982; DH 16 bt P. Flanagan March 1982; DH 17 bt B. Sailor December 1979

The first token is DH 11