Noonans
Auction 160 5-6 Jun 2019
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British Tokens from Various Properties
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Spence's mule Farthings (6), Adam and Eve (2), revs. pig, 4.04g/6h (DH 1083), man on bull with ass's head, 3.08g/6h (DH 1085); Even Fellows, rev. padlock, 2.65g/6h (DH 1095a); legend (3), revs. man on bull with ass's head, 2.91g/6h (DH 1112), pig, 2.81g/12h (DH 1117), slave, 2.98g/6h (DH 1118); together with a copper blank, stamped spence's plan you fools/or starvation for ever [7]. Penultimate very fine and struck slightly off-centre, others generally about extremely fine £150-£200
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Provenance: R.H. Thompson Collection [1083 and 1112 acquired June 1971, 1085 and 1095a from Seaby June 1970, 1117 acquired May 1978, 1118 SNC October 1970 (11791)]
18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Spence's mule Farthings (6), Adam and Eve (2), revs. pig, 4.04g/6h (DH 1083), man on bull with ass's head, 3.08g/6h (DH 1085); Even Fellows, rev. padlock, 2.65g/6h (DH 1095a); legend (3), revs. man on bull with ass's head, 2.91g/6h (DH 1112), pig, 2.81g/12h (DH 1117), slave, 2.98g/6h (DH 1118); together with a copper blank, stamped spence's plan you fools/or starvation for ever [7]. Penultimate very fine and struck slightly off-centre, others generally about extremely fine £150-£200
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Provenance: R.H. Thompson Collection [1083 and 1112 acquired June 1971, 1085 and 1095a from Seaby June 1970, 1117 acquired May 1978, 1118 SNC October 1970 (11791)]