British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Central London, Piccadilly, London Corresponding Society, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. obelisk and masonic emblems, edge engrailed, 9.02g/6h (DH 291; Harris –; Bell, p.159, this piece). Obverse slightly discoloured at lower left, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare and the most desirable of all the masonic tokens of the period £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 75; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 433