18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], St Martin’s Lane, Philip Ratley, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, connoisseur seated left, examining landscape held by a yawning boy, rev. sea-shells on shore, ship in background, edge plain, 11.97g/6h (DH 465). Extremely fine, brilliant and toned, 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: A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part IV, Mark Rasmussen FPL 11, Winter 2006 (433)