18th Century British Trade Tokens

Worcestershire, Dudley, Spence’s mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. conjoined heads of man and ass (2), spence x edge, 11.02g/7h (DH 17), spence * edge, 11.06g/6h (DH 17b); men under tree, 10.48g/12h (DH 18) [3]. Last extremely fine, others very fine, second artificially darkened, all 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 17 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 313 (part) [from S.E. Schwer], bt P. Flanagan February 1994; DH 17b bt J. Spingarn October 1997; *DH 18 A Collection of Worcestershire Trade Tokens, the property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 305, M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 313 (part), bt P. Flanagan February 1994