18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Birmingham Mining & Copper Co, Halfpence, 1792 (17), all birmingham edges, 14.00g/6h (DH 84), 12.98g/6h (DH 85), 13.12g/6h (DH 86 bis), 13.73g/6h (DH 87), 14.35g/6h (DH 88), 14.26g/6h (DH 89), 14.78g/6h (DH 90), 14.57g/6h (DH 91), 13.60g/6h (DH 92), 13.70g/6h (DH 93), 12.99g/6h (DH 94), 13.83g/6h (DH 95), 13.66g/6h (DH 96), 14.21g/6h (DH 97), 10.99g/6h (DH 100), 13.66g/6h (DH 102), 13.03g/6h (DH 113) [17]. DH 86 bis and 96 extremely fine, DH 90, 93, 102 and 113 about extremely fine but DH 90 lacquered, DH 84, 85 and 95 very fine, others in varied state, 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 84 bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 85 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 148 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1996; DH 86 bis bt M.Z. Gerson June 1978; DH 87, 93 and 102 T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 114 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 962 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH 88 and 91 bt P. Flanagan April 1980; DH 89 Davissons Mailbid Sale 5, 25 July 1995 (401); DH 90 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired December 1979], bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 92 bt S. Cordova January 1988; DH 94 and 97 bt W. McKivor April 2002; DH 95 bt P. Flanagan October 1980; *DH 96 Davissons Mailbid Sale 21, 10 June 2004 (288); DH 100 bt S. Cordova August 1991; DH 113 bt J.A. Bobbe November 1996.

It should be pointed out that the edges of all the genuine pieces in this series end with alchemical symbols for the seven planetary metals; reference to the items listed as 95a and 97a in the Davisson Addenda should be ignored