18th Century British Trade Tokens

Yorkshire, Leyburn, Prattent’s Penny, 1797, view of Bolton Castle, rev. urn between scythes and sprigs of laurel, arrow, skull and hour-glass below, time destroys all things and date, edge on demand in london liverpool or anglesey, 27.12g/6h (DH 1). Virtually as struck with considerable original colour, the circumferences toning to an attractive blue-grey, very 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: bt J. Spingarn January 1998 [from Spink]