Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 172

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£750

Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Westwood’s Collectors’ Halfpenny, 1796, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. two boys racing on asses to right, edge any sum given for scarce original impressions, 11.41g/12h (DH 299). Flaw commencing under date, extremely fine and patinated, 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: A Collection of 18th Century Tokens, Baldwin Argentum Auction, 2 December 2003, lot 245