18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s Churches and Chapels, Halfpence (9), Ashted Chapel (2), no stop after kempson, 10.02g/6h (DH 147), with inner legend, coventry edge, 13.93g/6h (DH 148); Meeting Paradise Street, 11.66g/12h (DH 167); New Jerusalem Temple, 11.80g/6h (DH 169); New Meeting Burnt (2), no stop after kempson, 11.03g/6h (DH 164), stop after kempson, 12.65g/6h (DH 165); Old Meeting Destroyed (2), no stop after kempson, 11.32g/6h (DH 159), stop after kempson, 14.12g/12h (DH 160); Old Meeting Rebuilt, 13.18g/12h (DH 162) [9]. DH 169 extremely fine with original colour, DH 165 good fine, others very fine and better, DH 148 rare £90-120

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

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Provenance: DH 147 bt S. Cordova June 1990; *DH 148 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 299 (part) [from J.H. Daniels March 1907], 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 159 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 299 (part) [from Baldwin March 1912], J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 44 (part), bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 160 bt P. Flanagan October 1980; DH 164 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 165 bt M.Z. Gerson September 1981; DH 167 bt J.A. Bobbe February 1982; DH 169 bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984