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, london and engrailed edge, 10.57g/6h (DH 853), men under tree (2), spence edge, 10.94g/5h (DH 854), edge plain, 12.91g/5h (DH 854a), guillotine (2), edge grained, 11.78g/6h (DH 855), edge plain, 10.89g/6h (DH 855a) [5]. About extremely fine and better, last two with a hint of original colour, DH 854a rare but with collectors’ number ‘1411A’ inked on reverse, DH 854 and especially 855 from the obverse die in flawed state £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 853 bt R. Gladdle April 1993; DH 854 F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt J. Spingarn April 1998; DH 854a D.T. Batty Collection, F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; *DH 855 J.A. Bobbe Collection [from P.C. Deane February 1984], bt R.J. Shalowitz May 1986; DH 855a bt R. Gladdle April 1993 [from Baldwin]