18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, William Hallan, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. bust of David Garrick, edge grained, 9.65g/6h (DH 133), guillotine, skidmore edge, 12.55g/7h (DH 134), ruins of St Paul’s Covent Garden, skidmore edge, 12.53g/6h (DH 135) [3]. DH 133 about extremely fine, DH 134 virtually as struck with most attractive red-blue reflective surfaces, DH 135 extremely fine, all rare £200-250

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

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Provenance: DH 133 bt R. Gladdle April 1993; *DH 134 P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 979 (part); DH 135 M.Z. Gerson Collection [from S.E. Schwer November 1983], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 960 (part)