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

№ 231 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£520

Kent, Stone, M. Snow, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, ms cypher, rev. thistle between two sprigs, edge coventry token, 13.50g/12h (DH 41). Usual die flaws, otherwise virtually as struck with attractive brown patina, very rare
£400-500

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

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Provenance: ‘U.S.A.’ Collection [from Baldwin November 1919]; with R. Gladdle [from Baldwin]; bt J.A. Bobbe July 2003