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Auction T17 3 Oct 2019
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18th Century Tokens from the Collection of the Late David McDonald
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
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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]
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
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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]