18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Soho, Robert Orchard, a trial for the obv. of Milton’s Penny, 1803, in lead, draped bust right, edge plain, 19.29g (DH 37; cf. Stainton 45). Good fine, of the highest rarity, almost certainly the only specimen available to commerce £300-400

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

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Provenance: W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13-15 July 1903, lot 81 (part); S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 126 (part); F.S. Cokayne Collection; J.A. Bobbe Collection [from Spink August 1998]; R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T8, 6 October 2010, lot 334 [from J.A.B. May 2005]