18th Century British Trade Tokens

Suffolk, Ipswich, James Conder, Penny, 1796, bust of Cardinal Wolsey left, in cap without tassel, rev. payable at conder’s drapery warehouse ipswich, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.43g/6h (DH 11; Judson 1075). Usual die flaws on reverse, trifling surface marks, otherwise virtually as struck with attractive reflective patina, rare
£180-220

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

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Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 866; bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998