18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Uncertain locality, Joseph Askins, Jacobs’ Halfpenny, man standing on wooden leg, rev. legend in four lines, edge engrailed, 8.87g/6h (DH 252). Extremely fine, reverse with blotchy patina, rare £150-200

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

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Provenance: Fawcett/Litman Collection; D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1447 (part)