British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Central London, Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpence or medalets (16), all with 79 address, viz. no hyphen in long acre (3), 10.17g/12h (DH 260; Storer 7641ff), 9.70g/12h (DH 260 bis), white metal, 8.95g/12h (DH 265); long · acre, 9.39g/12h (DH 261); long-acre (12), 9.59g/6h (DH 263), white metal, 7.84g/6h (DH 264), 8.77g/12h (DH 267), 10.51g/12h (DH 268), plated brass, 8.50g/6h (DH 270), 8.21g/6h (DH 271), 8.15g/6h (DH 272), 10.54g/1h (DH 273), medal edge, 9.10g/6h (DH 274), 9.35g/12h (DH 274b, large flan), white metal, 4.41g/12h (DH 274 bis), white metal, 10.49g/3h (DH –); John Fowler, Halfpenny, 1794, edge plain, 8.70g/6h (DH 306) [17]. DH 260, 264, 268, 270, 273 and 274 very fine to extremely fine but last with graffiti in obverse field, others in varied state, mostly pierced as issued, some rare, a good group of Burchell issues £150-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: DH 260 bt W. McKivor May 1997; DH 260 bis and 306 bt 1978; DH 261 bt R. Gladdle July 1993; DH 263 and 268 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 418 (part) [263 from S.E. Schwer 1984], bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH 264 bt J. Spingarn March 1997; DH 265 bt S. Cordova June 1993; DH 267 and 272 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 270 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 130 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 419 (part); DH 271 bt S. Cordova May 1990; DH 273 bt P. Flanagan June 1985; DH 274 bt B. Sailor August 1997; DH 274b bt P. Flanagan May 2005; DH 274 bis bt S. Cordova February 1991; *DH unlisted bt J. Spingarn April 1997