British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

18th Century Tokens, ANGUS, Brechin, Colin Smith and Patrick Wilson, Halfpenny, 1801, 10.11g/6h (DH 9); Dundee, William Croom, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 9.40g/6h (DH 14), Wright’s ‘Infirmary’ Halfpenny, 1796, 11.47g/6h (DH 16), Alexander Molison, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.93g/6h (DH 10), John Pilmer, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1797, 10.60g/6h (DH 17), Alexander Swap & Co, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1797, 11.08g/6h (DH 21), Thomas Webster Jr, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1797, 12.07g/6h (DH 19), James Wright Jr, Farthing, 1797, 4.76g/6h (DH 42); Montrose, James Bissett & Son, Halfpenny, 1796, 8.66g/6h (DH 28), Andrew Nicol, Halfpenny, 1799, 11.64g/6h (DH 31) [10]. DH 17 fine and with large metal cud on reverse, others generally very fine, DH 19, 21 and 42 better and with original colour £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by John Roberts-Lewis.

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Provenance: DH 9 bt S.E. Schwer June 1982; DH 14, 16 and 42 bt S.E. Schwer; DH 17 bt R. Gladdle; DH *19, 21 and 31 bt Spink; DH 28 T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 269 (part) [from Spink August 1970], SCMB January 1981 (M 313)