18th Century British Trade Tokens

Sussex, Chichester, John Chaldecott [and Thomas Sharp, of Portsmouth, Hampshire], Halfpence, 1794 (2), stop after philanthropist, 10.30g/12h (DH 19), elongated dot after philanthropist, 10.52g/12h (DH 20); Dally & Son, Halfpence, 1794 (6), dallys chichester edge, 10.22g/6h (DH 15), dallys [chichester] edge, 9.31g/12h (DH 16), willey snedshill edge, 10.74g/6h (DH 15a), richard bacon edge, 9.87g/6h (DH 15c), edges plain (2), 10.18g/16h (DH 15b), 10.33g/6h (DH 16a); Kempson’s mule Halfpence (4), revs. Britannia seated (3), emsworth edge, 10.10g/6h (DH 17), london edge, 9.67g/6h (DH 17a), one cent edge, 10.36g/6h (DH 17b), John Howard, london edge, 10.68g/6h (DH 18) [12]. DH 15a, 15c, 16, 16a and 18 fair to fine, several very rare, others very fine and better; an excellent group for the town £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 15 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 15a and 15c bt S. Cordova January 1994; DH 15b bt R. Gladdle September 1990; DH 16 and 17a bt M.Z. Gerson April 1979; DH 16a W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 903 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH 17 B. Wahl Collection, Part II, Davissons Mailbid Sale 21, 10 June 2004 (268); *DH 17b bt A. Davisson November 1995; DH 19 bt M.Z. Gerson January 1981; DH 20 J.A. Bobbe Collection [from J.D. King January 1981], bt J.A.B. December 1984; DH 18 bt S. Cordova December 1994