Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 850 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£370

Warwickshire, Coventry, Robert Reynolds & Co, imitation Halfpence (19), 1793 (18), birmingham edge, 9.57g/6h (DH 238), nuneaton edges (4), 9.63g/6h (DH 238b), 8.95g/6h (DH 242b), 9.38g/6h (DH 243), 9.07g/6h (DH 245), cronebane edge, 10.01g/6h (DH 238c), lancaster edge, 10.04g/6h (DH 238d), bedworth edges (3), 10.17g/6h (DH 242), 10.52g/6h (DH 242a), 10.40g/6h (DH 244), london edges (2), 10.34g/6h (DH 242d), 9.54g/6h (DH 244a), hutchison edge, 9.38g/5h (DH 246), edges grained (4), 10.06g/6h (DH 240), 9.54g/6h (DH 240a), 9.74g/6h (DH 241c), 9.77g/6h (DH 243a), edge plain [filed], 9.93g/6h (DH 240b); 1795, clacke edge, 9.49g/6h (DH 250a); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (2), revs. Irish Mine arms, liverpool edge, 10.56g/6h (DH 253), bust of John of Gaunt, liverpool edge, 8.23g/6h (DH 254) [21]. DH 238d extremely fine with original colour, DH 242d very fine, others mostly fine
£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 238, 242d and 244a bt M.Z. Gerson April 1979; DH 238b, 238c, 242 and 242b bt P. Flanagan December 1979; *DH 238d bt J.A. Bobbe March 1995; DH 240 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 240a bt R. Gladdle April 1999; DH 240b bt W. McKivor June 2001; DH 241c bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 242a bt S. Cordova August 1991; DH 243 bt P. Flanagan April 2002; DH 244 bt M.Z. Gerson July 1978; DH 245 bt J.A. Bobbe June 2002; DH 246 bt J. Spingarn April 1997; DH 250a bt P. Flanagan November 1981; DH 253 and 254 bt J.A. Bobbe June 2001