18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Soho, Robert Orchard, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, bust left by Jacobs, revs. bust right by James, edge plain, 9.42g/6h (DH 404). Usual die flaw on obverse, otherwise practically as struck with attractive patina and reflective fields, scarce £150-200

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

View
Collection

Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 281 (part); M.Z. Gerson Collection; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 492 [from M.Z.G. September 1985]; bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998