18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon, Lutwyche’s imitation Halfpence (12), bust of William Shakespeare left, revs. seated female with drill and cog-wheel, 1790 (7), banbury edge, 9.90g/6h (DH 327; Ogden, BNJ 1910, p.192 and pl.), dublin edge, 9.59g/6h (DH 327a), lancaster edge, 8.51g/6h (DH 327b), suffolk-bath edge, 9.18g/6h (DH 327c), edge grained, 9.22g/6h (DH 327d), edge plain, 7.21g/6h (DH 327f; Cobwright S0060/H0010), edge payable in dublin [or at] ballymurtagh, 9.33g/6h (DH 327g, this piece), 1794, edge plain, 6.04g/6h (DH 328; Cobwright S0060/H0015); man-of-war, lancaster edge, 9.71g/6h (DH 329); harp, north wales (2), macclesfield edge, 11.15g/6h (DH 330), edge plain, 6.50g/6h (DH 330a; Cobwright S0050/N0200); seated Britannia, edge plain, 9.85g/6h (DH 331; Cobwright S0020/R0040) [12]. DH 327a, 327d and 331 very fine and better, DH 330a mediocre, others generally fine but DH 329 lacquered, some very rare £100-200

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

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Provenance: DH 327 bt S. Cordova March 1991; DH 327a bt W. Anderson February 1998; DH 327b W.G. Wright Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1028 (part), bt R. Gladdle September 2001; DH 327c bt P. Flanagan June 1985; *DH 327d bt J.A. Bobbe March 1987; DH 327f bt M.Z. Gerson August 1979; DH 327g bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 328 bt J. Spingarn August 1997; DH 329 and 330 T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 138 (part) [330 from Seaby 1963], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1028 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH 330a bt S. Cordova May 1988; DH 331 bt J.A. Bobbe November 1989