18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Uncertain manufacturers, Benevolent Choral Fund Halfpenny, 1791, 9.93g/7h (DH 1023); Thomas Hardy Halfpence, 1794 (2), 8.74g/12h (DH 1025), 8.26g/6h (DH 1027); John Horne Tooke’s Halfpenny, 1794, 9.18g/12h (DH 1044a); Tom Tackle Halfpenny, 7.63g/12h (DH 1048); ‘Pro Bono Publico’ Farthings (3), H.B., 1803, 2.37g/6h (DH 1174a; Davis Not Local 116), plumes in shield types (2), 1796, 3.10g/12h (DH 1168), 1797, 3.79g/6h (DH 1170); Irish Commerce Protected, 1800, a copper medalet, bust of George III right, rev. harp, 21mm, 4.36g/12h (DH 1165; BHM 492); together with other Middlesex tokens (5), DH 1026, 1044b, 1045a, 1047, 1164 [14]. First four very fine and better, all with original colour, others fine, DH 1170 very rare £80-100

Provenance: DH 1165 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 212 (part) [from Spink August 1909], Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1597 (part); DH 1174a bt M. Finlay.

DH 1027 only illustrated