British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

18th Century Tokens, SUSSEX, Rye, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, gb cypher, rev. bust of Earl Howe left, edge grained over skidmore holborn london, 12.64g/6h (DH 38). Striking crack, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour, rare
£100-150

Provenance: R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part III, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 765 [from J.A. Bobbe November 1996]