18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Henry Hickman, Halfpence, 1792 (2), both hickmans edge, single buttonhole, 11.58g/6h (DH 145), two buttonholes, 11.48g/6h (DH 144); Mainwaring’s mule Halfpence (2), rose and thistle, revs. hh monogram, dunham & yallop edge, 11.43g/6h (DH 146), edge payable at the warehouse of robert reynolds & co, 11.60g/12h (DH 146a, this piece [Davisson Addenda 145a in error]; Farnell, SCMB 1959, p.255, this piece); Farthings, 1792 (2), hickmans edge, 5.72g/6h (DH 481), edge plain, 3.93g/6h (DH 481a, thin flan) [6]. Mainwaring mules only mediocre but both very rare, DH 146a also lacquered, others good very fine and better £60-80

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

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Provenance: DH 144 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1978; *DH 145 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 986 [from Baldwin 1978]; DH 146 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 987 [from Spink 1988]; DH 146a 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 481 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 481a bt J.A. Bobbe July 1996