British Tokens

Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Lambeth, Benjamin Nightingale, 1843, silver, by W.J. Taylor, female seated right, holding cornucopia from which coins fall, books at left, coin cabinet at right, rev. from the same die as previous, 16.73g/12h (W 3054; Bell, 1966, A3; D & W 345/50). Some light spotting, otherwise virtually as struck and toned, extremely rare £200-£300

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

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12 struck. Benjamin Nightingale (1806-62), wine and spirit merchant and coin collector, 17 Upper Stamford street, Blackfriars