18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’ series], Skidmore’s British Penny, 1797, bust of George III right within ornamental border, rev. tg cypher, palm branches below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.53g/12h (DH 191). Extremely fine, obverse with a hint of original colour, extremely rare; believed only 8 specimens known £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: D.T. Batty Collection; W.J. Davis Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-15 March 1901, lot 619; T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 235; J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. May 1999