18th Century British Trade Tokens

Suffolk, Bungay, Samuel Prentice, Halfpence (8), 1794 (3), revs. for change not fraud, edge plain, 10.42g/6h (DH 22; Judson 1069), dublin edge, 9.28g/6h (DH 22c; Judson 1069), lancaster edge, 9.77g/6h (DH 22d; Judson 1069); 1796 (2), prentice edge, 10.99g/6h (DH 24; Judson 1069), prentice and grained edge, 10.91g/6h (DH 24b; Judson 1069); undated (3), for the use of trade, prentice edge, 10.69g/6h (DH 23; Judson –), edge grained, 10.36g/6h (DH 23b; Judson –), prentice and grained edge, 10.13g/6h (DH 23c; Judson 1069); Samuel Prentice, Samuel Delf and Mathias Abel Sr, Halfpence, 1795 (2), delf edge, 9.34g/6h (DH 21; Judson 1069), dell edge, 9.02g/6h (DH 21a; Judson 1069); [Samuel Prentice and] N. Todd [of Denton, Norfolk], Halfpenny, undated, todd edge, 11.14g/6h (DH 23a; Judson 1069) [11]. Very fine to extremely fine, some with original colour but DH 23 lacquered £140-180

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

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Provenance: DH 21 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1978; DH 21a bt P. Flanagan October 1980; DH 22 bt J.A. Bobbe October 1993; *DH 22c J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired December 1979], bt J.A.B. March 1987; DH 22d bt P. Flanagan December 1979; DH 23 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 23a bt R. Gladdle July 1993; DH 23b P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 877 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH 23c bt S. Cordova January 1993; DH 24 bt J.A. Bobbe July 1982; DH 24b bt S. Cordova July 1993