18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s Churches and Chapels, Halfpence (10), St Bartholomew’s Chapel (2), stop after kempson, 11.13g/6h (DH 150), no stop after kempson, 13.83g/6h (DH 151); St John’s Chapel, 12.79g/12h (DH 153); St Martin’s Church, 11.06g/12h (DH 154); St Mary’s Chapel (3), stop after kempson (2), in copper, 11.30g/12h, in brass, 10.85g/12h (both DH 156), with inner legend, edge plain, 11.49g/12h (DH 157a); St Paul’s Chapel (2), no stop after kempson, 11.63g/6h (DH 171), stop after kempson, 14.10g/12h (DH 172); St Philip’s Church, stop after kempson, 12.03g/6h (DH 175) [10]. DH 151 and 156 copper very fine, DH 156 brass fine and lacquered, others about extremely fine and better, DH 157a 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 150 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 299 (part) [from R. Dalton], J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 44 (part), bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 151, 154 and 156 copper bt M.Z. Gerson December 1981; DH 153 bt M.Z. Gerson September 1978; DH 156 brass and *157a W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 299 (part) [157a from R. Dalton August 1914], J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 43 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 990 (part); DH 171 bt S. Cordova June 1992; DH 172 and 175 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978