Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Middlesex [Greater Metropolitan area], Hackney, David Rebello, Milton’s Proof Penny, 1796, in silver, church, rev. figure of Time seated on a cabinet, holding a tablet inscribed with Rebello’s name, edge plain, 15.84g/12h (DH 24; Stainton 34). A pocket piece; test mark and other scuffs and scratches in obverse field, several rim nicks, otherwise very fine and toned, extremely rare £500-700

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

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Provenance: F.W. Lincoln (No. 1) Collection; F.S. Cokayne Collection; A.W. Jan Collection [from Baldwin]; Baldwin Auction 15, 13 October 1997, lot 94.

8 struck. The Lincoln, Cokayne and Jan tickets sold with the token in 1997 are no longer extant