18th Century British Trade Tokens

Yorkshire, Huddersfield, John Downing, Halfpence, 1793 (2), downings edge, 9.10g/6h (DH 15), london edge, 9.43g/6h (DH 15a); Hull, Jonathan Garton & Co, Halfpence, 1791 (3), all garton edges, 12.34g/6h (DH 19), 12.40g/6h (DH 20), 12.23g/6h (DH 21); Hancock’s mule Halfpence (5), revs. ship, undated, hull edge, 11.08g/6h (DH 22), ship, 1794 (2), current every where edge, 8.56g/6h (DH 23), london edge, 10.67g/6h (DH 23a), Hope standing, hull edge, 9.19g/6h (DH 24), St Andrew with Cross, london edge, 9.56g/6h (DH 25) [10]. DH 20, 22 and 23 extremely fine, 20 and 23 with much original colour, others generally fine to very fine, one or two better £80-100

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

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Provenance: DH 15 bt J.A. Bobbe April 1993; DH 15a S.V. Hagley Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1097 (part); DH 19 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 20 and 22 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 21 bt P. Flanagan October 1980; *DH 23 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 23a bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 24 bt R. Grellman March 1982; DH 25 bt M.Z. Gerson February 1979