Hampshire, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, view of Cowes Castle, rev. arms, edge lettered, 23.99g/7h (DH Middlesex 150). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour (£100-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

Cowes Castle was built in 1539 as part of Henry VIII’s chain of coastal defences. By the early 19th century it had become the maritime residence of Lord Anglesey, following whose death in 1854 the government leased it to the Royal Yacht Squadron, whose home it is today