18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, William Hallan, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous (2), revs. ruins of St Paul’s Covent Garden, edge plain, 11.51g/6h (DH 135a), bust of George III, skidmore edge, 12.81g/6h (DH 136); legend in 8 lines, rev. bust of David Garrick, edge plain, 11.28g/6h (DH 139a) [3]. DH 135a very fine, DH 136 virtually as struck with attractive surfaces, DH 139a extremely fine but with usual planchet flaws £180-220

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

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Provenance: DH 135a bt R. Gladdle April 1993; *DH 136 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 980 [from Baldwin 1984]; DH 139a bt J.A. Bobbe June 1996