18th Century British Trade Tokens

Hertfordshire, Bishops Stortford, Sir George Jackson, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in gilt-copper, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. similar but higher skyline, vestiges of stop after date, edge payable at bishops stortford, 10.89g/6h (DH 4 bis I; Judson –). Spot on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, very rare £250-300

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

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Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 4 December 1985, lot 169; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 200