18th Century British Trade Tokens

Herefordshire, Hereford, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1794, bust left, t gorton, etc, rev. apple-tree and cask, edge plain, 9.56g/6h (DH 6a). Striking crack, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, very rare £900-1,200

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

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Provenance: T. Bliss Collection; W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 68 [from R. Dalton May 1915]; Fawcett/Litman Collection; D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1290; R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part I, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 202 [from J.A. Bobbe November 2004]