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

Paul Skidmore series, Gates, Halfpence (17), Aldersgate (2), built 1670, edge plain, 11.69g/12h (DH 647), bt 1670, edge plain, 12.12g/6h (DH 649); Aldgate, edge plain, 12.61g/12h (DH 646); Bishopsgate (2), undated, edge plain, 11.20g/12h (DH 650), 1797, edge plain, 12.16g/12h (DH 650 bis); Bridge Gate (2), undated, edge plain, 11.41g/1h (DH 651), 1797, edge plain, 11.56g/11h (DH 652); Cripplegate, edge plain, 9.63g/12h (DH 653); Ludgate (3), bt 1586 above building, edge plain, 11.12g/12h (DH 655), built 1586, edge plain, 11.60g/12h (DH 656), bt 1586 at sides of building, edge plain, 11.57g/12h (DH 657); Moorgate, edge plain, 11.81g/12h (DH 658); Newgate, undated, edge plain, 11.34g/12h (DH 659a); St John’s Gate, edge plain, 11.53g/12h (DH 654); Temple Bar (2), edges plain, 10.15g/10h (DH 661), 11.65g/12h (DH 662a); Whitehall Gate, undated, edge plain, 11.23g/11h (DH 663) [17]. DH 647, 649 and 658 harshly lacquered, DH 663 stained, otherwise about extremely fine and better, DH 646, 650 bis, 659a, 661 and 662a with considerable original colour, DH 655 and 656 very rare, attractively patinated and exhibiting usual obverse die breaks, a comprehensive group £300-400

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

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Provenance: DH 646 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired December 1979], bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 647 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1978; DH 649 bt P. Flanagan July 1983; DH 650, 657 and 658 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1980; *DH 650 bis T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 316 (part) [from Baldwin], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 582 (part); DH 651 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. March 1987; DH 652 T. Bliss Collection, R. Dalton Collection, T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 316 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 582 (part); DH 653 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 654 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 655 and 656 bt J.A. Bobbe December 2000; DH 659a bt P. Flanagan August 1980; DH 661 with Collectors’ Shop, Birmingham, April 1980, bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 662a bt R. Gladdle May 1996; DH 663 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired December 1979], bt J.A.B. March 1987