18th Century British Trade Tokens

Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (11), 1793 (7), all revs. forge, 11.16g/6h (DH Warwickshire 393), 11.94g/6h (DH 393a), 11.29g/6h (DH 394), 10.36g/6h (DH 394a), 9.70g/6h (DH 411a), 11.32g/12h (DH 415), 9.76g/6h (DH 416); 1795 (4), 11.07g/6h (DH 420), 11.47g/6h (DH 421), 12.02g/12h (DH 422), 10.23g/6h (DH 423) [11]. DH 393a virtually as struck and bronzed, DH 422 extremely fine and bronzed, DH 420 good very fine, others in varied state, last very rare £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 393 bt P. Flanagan October 1980; DH 393a bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 394 bt S. Cordova May 1987; DH 394a bt S. Cordova October 1992; DH 411a bt J. Spingarn December 2000; DH 416 bt B. Sailor December 1979; DH 420 W.G. Wright Collection [from Seaby 1949], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1037 (part); DH 421 and 423 bt S. Cordova January 1991; *DH 422 bt J.A. Bobbe November 1996