18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (9), Hotel, no stop after kempson, 11.37g/6h (DH 208); Library, with inner legend, edge plain, 12.17g/6h (DH 184a); Navigation Office, stop after kempson, 12.63g/12h (DH 210); New Brassworks (2), no period after kempson, 10.73g/6h (DH 202; Bell, BM p.24, this piece), period after kempson, 14.28g/12h (DH 203); New Brewery (2), both no period after kempson, 11.52g/6h (DH 205), 13.92g/6h (DH 206); Old Cross (2), no period after kempson, 11.59g/6h (DH 188), with inner legend, 11.57g/12h (DH 189) [9]. DH 210 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, DH 189 lightly lacquered, this and DH 206 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 184a, 188 and 210 bt M.Z. Gerson September 1978; *DH 189 P.C. Deane Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 992 (part); DH 202 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 151 (part), bt J. Spingarn April 1997 [from P. Bosco]; DH 203 and 205 bt M.Z. Gerson December 1981; DH 206 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 208 bt P. Flanagan October 1980