Important British Trade Tokens

Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (6), type 4, obvs. Aldgate, 18.14g/6h (DH 73), Bishopsgate, 18.02g/6h (DH 75), Cripplegate, 18.26g/6h (DH 77), Ludgate, 18.50g/6h (DH 78), Moorgate, 17.47g/6h (DH 79), Newgate, 18.36g/6h (DH 80) [6]. DH 79 with usual obverse die flaw, all extremely fine, fourth patinated, others with almost full original colour, an attractive group (£150-200)

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

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Provenance:
DH 73 bt W. McKivor October 2004
DH 75 Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1338 (part), bt J. Holman January 2005
Others Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1339.

DH 77 only illustrated