18th Century British Trade Tokens

Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (17), 1788 (7), revs. barge, 13.96g/11h (DH Warwickshire 336), forge (6), reading master· (4), 13.98g/12h (DH 375), 13.77g/12h (DH 376), 14.05g/12h (DH 377), 13.91g/12h (DH 380), no period after master (2), 13.79g/12h (DH 382), 14.80g/12h (DH 384); 1790 (10), revs. forge (5), reading master· (2), 14.43g/6h (DH 385), 14.25g/12h (DH 386), no period after master (3), 12.17g/6h (DH 387), 13.96g/6h (DH 387a), 11.71g/6h (DH 388), Vulcan seated (5), no period after master (4), 11.21g/12h (DH 424), 11.98g/12h (DH 425), 12.64g/12h (DH 426), 12.31g/12h (DH 428), reading master·, 12.25g/12h (DH 430) [17]. DH 375 extremely fine with considerable original colour, DH 384, 387, 425 and 430 better than very fine, others in varied state £120-150

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

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Provenance: DH 336 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1996; *DH 375 M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1037 (part); DH 376, 377 and 386 G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 118 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1037 (part); DH 380 W.G. Wright Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1037 (part); DH 382 bt T. Madigan January 1983; DH 384 bt J.A. Bobbe September 1994 [from Spink]; DH 385 and 388 bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 387a bt P. Flanagan May 2005; DH 424 bt W. McKivor May 1997; DH 425 bt J.A. Bobbe November 1996; DH 426 bt S. Cordova January 1991; DH 428 bt S. Cordova November 1989; DH 430 bt R. Gladdle November 1996