The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin

London, Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.73g/6h (DH 295); Charing Cross, Salter & Co, Halfpence (3), 10.30g/6h, 9.78g/6h, 9.71g/6h (all DH 473); Cheapside, John Ching, Halfpenny, 9.57g/6h (DH 282); Chiswell Street, Robert Heslop, Halfpenny, 8.02g/5h (DH 336b); City Road, John Bebbington, Halfpenny, 9.33g/12h (DH 254) [7]. DH 473 at 10.30g virtually as struck with full original colour, DH 254 good fine, others very fine and better but DH 282 harshly lacquered £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin.

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Provenance: DH 254 and 295 G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 137 (part); DH 282 P.C. Deane Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 4-5 December 1985, lot 183 (part), bt P.C.D. June 1986; DH 336b Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 322 (part); DH 473 at 10.30g Baldwin ‘Basement’, Part I, Baldwin Auction 92, 30 September 2014, lot 255; DH 473 at 9.78g bt R. Jeffery March 1983; DH 473 at 9.71g G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 115 (part) [from Seaby 1966]