18th Century Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Bedale, James Metcalf, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, jom cypher, rev. bust of Earl Howe left, edge grained, 11.66g/8h (DH 12a). Extremely fine and patinated, rare £100-150

Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection [from Seaby 1976]; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1099 part); R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part III, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 923