18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], High Holborn, John Skidmore, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, register stove, rev. two men at a forge, edge grained, 11.18g/6h (DH 480). Extremely fine, a little unevenly toned, of the highest rarity; only two others known to the cataloguer £500-700

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

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Provenance: Dr R.J. Hudson Collection [from Seaby 1961]; D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1406