Important British Trade Tokens

Westwood’s British Commercial Quarter-Penny, 1797, bust of George III right, rev. Britannia seated on cannon, edge plain, 7.15g/12h (DH 1150). Trifling marks, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, bronzed, rare (£80-100)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of London 18th Century Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance:
W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 212 (part) [from Baldwin December 1912]
Fawcett/Litman Collection
D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1557