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Sold on 21 September 2016

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The Collection of Staffordshire Tokens formed by the late Edward Watkin

Edward Arthur Watkin

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№ 256

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21 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£170

18th Century Tokens, Leek, Phillips & Ford, mule Halfpenny by Lutwyche, in brass, clasped hands, rev. Justice standing, edge grained, 9.49g/6h (DH – [dies of 17]; Watkin 3). Dulled surfaces, otherwise very fine and extremely rare; the only previously published reference to this piece in brass was by Watkin in 1961 £100-150

Provenance: F.W. Lincoln No. 1 Collection [acquired May 1934]