18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Barker, Halfpenny, 1799, head of Mercury left, rev. remains of a pyramid and fallen statue, three hands couped at the wrists above, edge payable by george barker + +, 15.27g/12h (DH 69). Extremely fine with original colour and reflective surfaces, extremely rare
£500-700

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

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Provenance: J. Spingarn Collection FPL (403) [from Baldwin]; bt J.S. February 2001.

12 struck