18th Century Tokens, Middlesex [incorporating London], Skidmore’s Gates series, Halfpence (14), Aldersgate (2), BUILT 1670, 11.53g/12h (DH 647), bt 1670, 12.20g/6h (DH 649); Aldgate, 13.15g/12h (DH 646); Bishopsgate, 11.70g/12h (DH 650); Bridge Gate (2), undated, 11.24g/1h (DH 651), 1797, 11.60g/12h (DH 652); Cripplegate, 11.21g/12h (DH 653); Ludgate, bt 1586, 11.24g/11h (DH 657); Moorgate, 11.47g/12h (DH 658); Newgate, edge plain, 11.31g/12h (DH 659a); St John’s Gate, 11.53g/12h (DH 654); Temple Bar (2), edges plain, 11.65g/12h (DH 661), 12.81g/12h (DH 662a); Whitehall Gate, 11.66g/11h (DH 663) [14]. All extremely fine, DH 647 and 652 patinated, others with considerable or full original colour, a most attractive group £200-300

Provenance: DH 646, 651, 654, 657, 658, *659a and 661 F.S. Cokayne Collection [all bt J.H. Daniels, 646 and 661 March 1896, 651 in 1896, 657, 658 and 659a July 1897, 654 June 1900]