18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Bishopsgate, Meymott & Sons, Halfpenny, 1795, Britannia seated left on globe, holding a pair of scales and a spear, rev. City arms, raised edge corner of wormwood street bishopsgate, 10.59g/12h (DH 378). Brilliant and practically as struck, most attractive reflective surfaces £100-150

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

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Provenance: With Spink June 1972; J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. August 1998