18th Century British Trade Tokens

Worcestershire, Dudley, Spence’s mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. cat (2), spence edge, 12.96g/6h (DH 12), edge grained, 9.19g/6h (DH 12a); three armed citizens, spence edge, 11.45g/6h (DH 13); heart and hand (2), london and engrailed edge, 9.10g/7h (DH 14), edge plain, 8.52g/3h (DH 14b) [5]. DH 14 and 14b very fine and better, others fine, DH 12a and 13 ill-struck but both 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 12 bt S. Cordova January 1992; DH 12a bt J. Spingarn September 1997; DH 13 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 313 (part), bt P. Flanagan February 1994; *DH 14 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1982; DH 14b W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1074 (part) [from R. Gladdle 1986], bt A. Davisson November 1998