18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Leather Lane, John Hancock, Halfpenny, 1798, three umbrellas in shield, rev. naked boy with coin-tray, edge grained, 11.42g/6h (DH 322). Lightly lacquered, otherwise extremely fine, pleasing brown patina £90-120

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

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Provenance: J.R. Farnell Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 134 (part); bt R. Gladdle March 1982