18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Bow Street, Charles James, Penny, lion couchant, holding shield, rev. royal penny, sun, crown and oak-sprig, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.77g/12h (DH 31). Reverse die cracks in advanced stages, extremely fine and very rare £300-350

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

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Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 127.

About 20 struck