British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes

WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Henry Hickman, Halfpence, 1792 (2), 12.16g/6h, 10.73g/6h (both DH 144); William Lutwyche, Halfpenny, 14.27g/6h (DH 219b), imitation Halfpenny, 7.25g/6h (DH 220); issuer uncertain [possibly Joseph Farror], Halfpence, 1791 (3), 12.23g/6h (DH 45), 12.56g/6h (DH 46), 12.38g/6h (DH 47), mule Halfpenny, 11.55g/6h (DH 49); Kempson’s Halfpence, 1793 (3), 10.88g/12h (DH 50), 8.88g/6h (DH 50a), 7.16g/6h (DH 50c), mule Halfpence (6), 9.07g/6h (DH 51), 8.92g/6h (DH 53), 10.81g/6h (DH 56), 8.16g/6h (DH 58), 9.75g/6h (DH 59), 9.32g/6h (DH 61) [17]. DH 144 at 12.16g, 56, 59 and 61 about extremely fine but DH 56 harshly lacquered, others generally fine to very fine £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of 18th Century Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman.

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DH 56 Glendining Auction, 10 February 1999, lot 484 (part); DH 58 and 59 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 41 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 957 (part), SNC December 1999 (5717, 5718); DH 144 at 12.16g Bonhams Auction, 15 October 2008, lot 977 (part)