18th Century British Trade Tokens

Worcestershire, Dudley, Thomas Jones, Skidmore’s Farthing, 1796, scales above chest, rev. anchor, edge plain, 3.95g/6h (DH 47a). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, a great rarity and one of the most elusive 18th century Farthing tokens £400-500

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 1088 [from Baldwin 1979]