18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Birmingham Coining & Copper Co, imitation Halfpence, 1794 (15), birmingham redruth edge, 11.28g/6h (DH 73), london edge, 11.47g/6h (DH 73a), cork edge, 8.43g/6h (DH 73d), abel edge, 9.38g/6h (DH 74a), banbury edge, 11.13g/6h (DH 74d), dublin edges (2), 10.17g/6h (DH 74e), 10.13g/6h (DH 75b), northiam edge, 11.03g/6h (DH 74f), lancaster edges (2), 9.57g/6h (DH 74g), 12.21g/6h (DH 75c), clacke edge, 9.75g/6h (DH 74l), edge grained, 9.82g/6h (DH 74m), beccles edge, 12.32g/6h (DH 75a), suffolk edges (2), 10.35g/6h (DH 75e), 9.97g/6h (DH 75f); Birming[ha]m Company, imitation Halfpence, 1793 (3), birm edge, 9.80g/6h (DH 76), bristol edge, 10.00g/7h (DH 76b), edge plain, 9.95g/7h (DH 76c); Metal & Copper Co, imitation Halfpence, 1795 (2), anglesey edge, 9.94g/6h (DH 118), hull edge, 9.51g/6h (DH 118a) [20]. DH 76b about extremely fine, DH 76 and 118 very fine, others generally fine, some better, but DH 74g harshly lacquered and DH 76c with ‘8’ stamped in reverse field, several very rare £120-150

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

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Provenance: DH 73 bt S. Cordova April 1989; DH 73a, 74d, 74e and 75c bt P. Flanagan April 1980; DH 73d bt F. Seymour September 1990; DH 74a bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 74f and 74g J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 42 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 962 (part); DH 74l bt B. Sailor August 1997; DH 74m, 75a, 75f and 76c T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 104 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 962 (part); DH 75b bt S. Cordova July 1995; DH 75e bt W. McKivor February 2003; DH 76 bt R. Gladdle June 1991; *DH 76b bt J. Spingarn May 1997; DH 118 bt S. Cordova March 1998; DH 118a bt W. McKivor April 2002