A Collection of London 18th Century Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman

Mule Halfpence (5), heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined, revs. shepherd (3), 9.71g/6h (DH 808), 8.81g/12h (DH 808a), 10.03g/4h (DH 808b); view of the Bastille, 10.57g/6h (DH 809); boys at turnstile, 10.21g/12h (DH 810); together with an obverse brockage, edge plain, 10.19g [6]. DH 808a and 810 extremely fine with virtually full original colour, former very rare, DH 809 very fine, others about extremely fine (£250-300)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of London 18th Century Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection
D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1499, additionally:
DH 809 T. Bliss Collection, W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 191 (part) [from R. Dalton May 1915]
Brockage T.E. Tatton Collection, Sotheby Auction, 6-7 November 1911, lot 85 (part), W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 191 (part)
Others W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 191 (part) [808 from Lincoln May 1914, *808a from Baldwin April 1926, 808b and 810 from R. Dalton December 1910]