18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Denton’s ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, swan with partly expanded wings swimming left, rev. urn flanked by scythes and sprigs of laurel, arrow, skull and hour-glass below, edge plain, 27.28g/6h (DH 175a). Metal fault on reverse edge at 1 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck with a hint of original colour and attractive surfaces, very rare
£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: O.P. Eklund Collection; J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. August 1998