18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Coventry, Thomas Sharp, Halfpenny, 1797, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Georgian house with man leaning from upper window, other windows filled in, edge plain [filed], 16.00g/12h (DH 312 var). Very fine, rare £150-200

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

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Provenance: Bt R. Gladdle August 1993.

48 struck. This Jorden-struck issue should have a raised edge inscription, although the cataloguer has seen one other without the edge legend; perhaps these are both attempts to create a ‘rare’ variety