Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

18th Century Tokens, Yorkshire, Sheffield, Constitutional Society, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1792, cap of Liberty on pole, rev. oval shield flanked by four flags, unite & be free above, to preserve is to conquer below, edge payable at macclesfield liverpool or congleton, 12.14g/6h (DH 61). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare
£250-350

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

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Provenance: W. Sykes Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 245; D.L. Spence Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 67A, 29 September 2005, lot 1844.

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