18th Century British Trade Tokens

Yorkshire, County series, Benjamin Smith & Co, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1798, bust of George III right, rev. bs & co cypher, benn. smith & co. iron-refiners yorkshire around, edge coventry token, 13.15g/12h (DH 8). Usual die flaws on obverse, a small spot either side, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, 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: G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 123 (part); J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. April 1993