18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, in white metal, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 10.50g/12h (DH 67b). Surface marks on obverse, flecking on reverse and some irregularity in the rims on both sides, otherwise about extremely fine and extremely rare £300-350

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

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Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 966 [from Spink 1988].

12 struck