Auction Catalogue

3 October 2012

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 302

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3 October 2012

Hammer Price:
£1,450

18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Samuel Garbett, Hancock’s so-called uniface trial Halfpenny or medalet, in silver, bust right, edge plain, 9.24g (Dykes p.43, fig. 38; DH 125a). Light rubbing on the highest points, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, of the highest rarity £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part I, Mark Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005 (168); R.S. Bole Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 2119