18th Century Tokens from the Joel Spingarn Collection

18th Century, Middlesex, Middlesex, Political and Social series, The Uncharitable Monopolizer, 1800, a bronzed-copper medalet by J.G. Hancock, man’s head trying to swallow the world, rev. open hand dropping coins into other outstretched hands (DH 239; BHM 497). Brilliant and practically as struck, most attractive; perhaps the finest specimen available to commerce (£800-1,000)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Joel Spingarn Collection.

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Provenance:
R C Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 65.
W Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Auction, April 2000 (615).

Literature:
Bell, Political and Commemorative Pieces, p.191, illustrated.

Illustrated on the back cover