Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Exhibitions and Museums, STRAND, Pidcock’s Exhibition, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (5), undated (2), lion couchant, reads exibition, rev. eagle, 7.98g/7h (DH Middlesex 414), elephant, rev. rhinoceros, 7.02g/6h (DH 417), 1795 (2), lion couchant, exhibition, rev. radiated eagle, 9.81g/6h (DH 415), in brass, antelope, rev. ostrich, large flan, 8.55g/6h (DH 447), 1801, lion and dog, rev. wanderow, 9.01g/6h (DH 431); Farthing, elephant, rev. two-headed cow, 2.93g/12h (DH 1066) [6]. Brass about very fine, others better, especially the last £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: DH 415 bt J. Whitmore November 2004; DH 417 bt L. McCarthy November 2002; DH 447 A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part II, Mark Rasmussen FPL 9, March 2006 (C 266); DH 1066 bt M.C.S. Rasmussen March 2007; others bt J. Whitmore May 2001