18th Century British Trade Tokens

Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1787, bust right, queue tucked up into truncation, no stop after master, rev. man at forge, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 13.94g/12h (DH – [obv. unpublished, Warwickshire 349 rev.]). Minor scuffing in fields, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £50-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: Bt P. Flanagan October 1980 [as DH 362].

This distinctive bust has apparently not been noticed before