Important British Trade Tokens

London, Devonshire Street, James Henry, private token, 1879, in silver, reclining female in antique dress, supporting an inverted cornucopia from which coins fall, coin cabinet at right, rev. JH monogram, edge plain, 12.20g/12h (Bell A1; D & W 345/46; cf. DNW 66, 920). Light surface scratches in obverse field and a tiny rim knock on reverse at 12 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, toned, very rare (£150-200)

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

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Provenance:
Bt S. Monks October 2004.

Although only 12 examples are said to have been struck in silver, the cataloguer has handled three others in the last five years which might infer a greater number originally done by W.J. Taylor. The tokens were originally sold by Henry for £1 1s. apiece