18th Century British Trade Tokens

Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, imitation Halfpence, 1792 (22), revs. barge (2), reads wilkinson, 11.46g/12h (DH Warwickshire 338), reads wilkison, 9.58g/6h (DH 339); forge (5), reads wilkinson (2), anglesey edge, 9.34g/12h (DH 390), nuneaton edge, 9.28g/12h (DH 390a), reads wilkenson, 12.83g/1h (DH 391), reads wilkison (2), anglesey edge, 10.09g/4h (DH 392), edge plain, 8.76g/6h (DH 392e); Vulcan seated (15), reads wilkinson (7), brighton camp edge, 8.99g/6h (DH 451b), lancaster edge, 9.32g/6h (DH 451c), staplehurst edge, 9.87g/6h (DH 451e), warley camp edge, 9.50g/6h (DH 451g), edge plain, 8.57g/6h (DH 451h), nuneaton edge, 9.58g/12h (DH 452), anglesey edge, 9.65g/6h (DH 453), reads wilkison (8), anglesey edges (4), 10.25g/12h (DH 454), 11.42g/12h (DH 454b), 9.23g/6h (DH 455a), 10.06g/6h (DH 455b), bedworth edge, 10.86g/12h (DH 454a), cronebane edge, 9.42g/6h (DH 455), birmingham edge, 10.35g/6h (DH 456), reads iorn, edge engrailed, 9.35g/12h (DH 457) [22]. DH 339, 390, 392e, 451b, 451g, 454b and 456 all very fine or better for these issues, others mostly fine, a good group, some rare
£150-200

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

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Provenance: DH 338 bt J.A. Bobbe March 2001; *DH 339 S.V. Hagley Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1033 (part); DH 390, 391, and 392e W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1037 (part) [from Baldwin 1978]; DH 390a bt J. Spingarn December 2000; DH 392 bt T. Madigan February 1993; DH 451b bt J.A. Bobbe August 1997; DH 451c bt S. Cordova April 1989; DH 451e, 451h, 454a, 455a and 457 T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 139 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1040 (part); DH 451g bt R. Gladdle July 1996; DH 452 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1040 (part) [from Baldwin 1978]; DH 453 P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1040 (part); DH 454 bt B. Sailor December 1979; DH 454b bt J. Spingarn August 1997; DH 455 bt B. Sailor August 1997; DH 455b S.V. Hagley Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1040 (part); DH 456 bt W. McKivor December 1999