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

№ 204 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£300

Essex, Woodford, William Brooks, Denton’s mule Farthing, 1796, compasses, wheel, saw and axe, rev. Prince of Wales’ feathers, edge plain, 4.02g/6h (DH 43; Judson 1055). Brilliant and practically as struck, full original colour, extremely rare £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection.

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Provenance: A.W. Jan Collection; D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1240 [from Baldwin]; R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part I, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 141 [from J.A. Bobbe November 2004]