British Tokens

Tokens, LONDON, Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (6), heads of man and ass conjoined (2), revs. bust of John Horne Tooke, 10.51g/6h (DH 796), Tree of Liberty, 11.77g/5h (DH 797a); heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined (4), revs. noted advocates, etc (2), 10.42g/6h, 10.31g/6h (both DH 798), heart and hand (2), no border, 8.44g/12h (DH 804c), with border, 8.94g/12h (DH 805a) [6]. Generally about extremely fine, but fourth with collectors’ number ‘1281’ inked on obverse £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Collection of the Late David McDonald.

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Provenance: DH 796 bt J.A. Bobbe August 1987; DH 797a W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 609 (part) [from S.E. Schwer 1984]; DH 798 at 10.31g D.T. Batty Collection, bt J.A. Bobbe [from Baldwin]