18th Century British Trade Tokens

Hampshire, Emsworth, John Stride, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.17g/6h (DH 10); mule Halfpence by Kempson (10), 1793 (3), 10.07g/11h (DH 11), 10.02g/6h (DH 11b), 9.85g/6h (DH 11e); 1794 (3), 10.13g/10h (DH 12b), 9.87g/12h (DH 12c), 10.95g/10h (DH 12e); bust of Earl Howe (4), 9.08g/6h (DH 13), 7.33g/6h (DH 13a, small flan), 7.54g/5h (DH 14a; Cobwright E0010/V0010), 10.73g/6h (DH 15), mule Halfpence by Kempson for specious use (8), 8.77g/6h (DH 16), 9.53g/6h (DH 18), 9.26g/6h (DH 19), 9.71g/12h (DH 20), 9.86g/12h (DH 20a), 9.31g/6h (DH 21), 9.16g/6h (DH 29b), 9.25g/6h (DH 30); Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 9.43g/7h (DH 35) [20]. DH 30 only fair and double-struck, DH 13a about fine, DH 14a good fine, others generally very fine to extremely fine, a few better and with original colour, some rare £150-200

Provenance: DH 10, 11b, 11e, 12b, 12c, 12e, 13a, 14a and 15 Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1260, additionally: DH 10, 11, 12c and 13 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 207 (part) [DH 10, 11 and 12c from J. Verity, *13 from W.C. Weight], DH 12b T. Lloyd Collection, Sotheby Auction, 10-14 May 1878, lot 278 (part), F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 207 (part) [from Spink], DH 14a SNC January-February 1915 (27205)