18th Century British Trade Tokens

Buckinghamshire, Chesham, Adam Simpson, Halfpence, 1795 (2), crest and cypher, rev. arms, edges payable at adam simpsons, one inverted, 9.39g/6h, 9.68g/6h (DH 20; Preston-Morley 1037, this piece) [2]. First with small toning spot in obverse field, otherwise good extremely fine with almost full original colour, second fine £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: *First P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1037 [from Spink August 1969], R.S. Bole Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 1967 (part) [from Baldwin June 2004]; second P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1061 (part) [from M.W. Thimbleby June 1970]