18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, trial of the unfinished obv. for his Halfpenny [1797], in white metal, from the same impression as previous but with hatching added to the shield, edge plain, 11.17g (DH 65 bis III, this piece). Extremely fine and practically as struck, of the highest rarity £900-1,200

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

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Provenance: By descent from the issuer; Miss Spooner Collection, Glendining Auction, 5 October 1921, lot 166 (part); F.S. Cokayne Collection; T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 108 [from Baldwin]; P.C. Deane Collection; J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. May 2005