18th Century British Trade Tokens

Surrey, Bermondsey, Thomas Keys, Halfpenny, 1796, t. keys bermondsey spa garden, rev. two clarinets and French horn around flaming heart, edge plain, 9.93g/1h (DH 4 bis II; D & W –). Usual die flaw on obverse, very fine and patinated, extremely rare £400-500

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

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Provenance: D.F. Spink Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 121; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 886; J. Spingarn Collection FPL (365); bt J.S. February 2001