18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. bust of Earl Howe left, edge grained, 9.25g/7h (DH 227). Obverse die in the process of disintegrating at 7 o’clock, extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare £200-250

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

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Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1000