18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Charles Pye, Halfpenny, 1797, cp cypher, rev. Moneta seated right holding cornucopia of coins, bee-hive and bees at right, edge plain, 17.48g/12h (DH 223). Small spot either side, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare £200-250

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

View
Collection

Provenance: Davissons Mailbid Sale 9, 9 October 1997 (411); J. Spingarn Collection FPL (413); bt J.S. February 2001

36 struck