18th Century British Trade Tokens

Gloucestershire, Gloucester, Kempson’s Proof City Penny, 1797, in silver, arms, rev. White Friars, edge plain, 18.37g/6h (DH 6). Two tiny spots in reverse field, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck with blue-gold tone, extremely rare
£600-800

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

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Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 96, 31 March 1993, lot 313; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 117

The reference is DH 8