British Tokens

LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, Boulton’s Halfpenny, 1791, 13.27g/6h (DH 2, bronzed); imitation Halfpence, 1791 (9), 9.23g/12h (DH 3), 9.72g/6h (DH 3a), 7.70g/6h (DH 3b), 8.55g/6h (DH 3c), 9.91g/6h (DH 4), 9.56g/6h (DH 4d), 9.69g/6h (DH 4f), 11.08g/6h (DH 5), 11.65g/6h (DH 5b) [10]. DH 2 extremely fine, others fine to very fine, some better, but DH 5b lacquered £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Scottish Tokens Formed by the Late Michael Paterson.

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Provenance: DH 2 SCMB March 1973 (SE 26); DH 3 bt Spink 1983; DH 3a bt S.E. Schwer 1990; DH 3b bt L. Johnson 2006; DH 3c bt K. Burgdorf 2003; DH 4 SCMB June 1972; DH 4d with Spink 1975, N. Beaton Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 244 (part) [from Spink June 2001], bt R. Nadeau 2013; DH 4f bt C. Kirtley 2003; DH 5 bt P. Williams 2004; DH 5b J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 84 (part), R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part IV, DNW Auction T12, 3 October 2012, lot 1095 (part) [from F. Seymour September 1994], bt Failla 2012