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

Greater Metropolitan area, Hackney, David Rebello, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, dar cypher, rev. oval shield flanked by four flags, unite & be free above, to persevere is to conquer below, edge plain, 11.55g/6h (DH 310 bis, this piece [cf. DH 21a for the dies]). Extremely fine with a little original colour, of the highest rarity; the only known specimen £600-800

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

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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 6 June 1990 (lot 456); W. Anderson Collection [from A. Davisson]; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 446 [from W.A. December 1996]; bt A. Davisson November 1998