18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, St George on horseback slaying dragon, small boar above, rev. mail & post coaches to all parts of england in wreath, edge payable at the george & blue boar london, 10.83g/6h (DH 339). Extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare, very few specimens struck £800-1,000

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

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Provenance: W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 163; Fawcett/Litman Collection; D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1402