18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [Greater Metropolitan area], Hackney, David Rebello, Skidmore’s Penny, 1795, church, rev. dar cypher, edge on demand we promise to pay one penny, 20.85g/6h (DH 17). Struck over a Penny of Markes Lambe of Bath [DH Somerset 8], extremely fine, obverse patinated, reverse with virtually full original colour, very rare £400-500

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

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Provenance: T.E. Tatton Collection, Sotheby Auction, 6-7 November 1911, lot 37 (part); W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 96 (part); A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Mark Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005 (45); R.S. Bole Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 2049