Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Buckinghamshire, Stowe, Skidmore’s Farthing, 1796, Hermitage building with tree and grass in foreground, rev. built anno domo 1704 within two concentric circles, edge grained, 3.82g/1h (DH 29a; Preston-Morley 1056). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare (£800-1,000)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
SNC May 1969 (12)
P. Preston-Morley Collection
SNC March 1972 (3435)
bt Spink 1975.

The building shown on the token is the Hermitage, designed and built by William Kent in 1731; the depiction shown is a mirror image taken from an engraving by G.L. Smith in Gardens of Stowe, published by Benton Seeley in 1768