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

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. shepherd (2), obliterated date, edge plain, 10.74g/5h (DH 690b), unobliterated date, edge plain, 10.54g/5h (DH 690 bis), soldier and two citizens, spence edge, 12.81g/12h (DH 691), boys at turnstile, edge plain, 10.28g/6h (DH 693), t spence bookseller, etc, 10.20g/7h (DH 694) [5]. DH 690 bis and 693 about extremely fine, others better, DH 690b and 691 with considerable original colour, latter very rare £250-300

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

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Provenance: DH 690b SCMB June 1964, bt J.A. Bobbe 1984 [from J.D. King January 1981]; DH 690 bis bt J.A. Bobbe March 1997; *DH 691 bt J.A. Bobbe April 1999; DH 693 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 694 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1998