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№ 658

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8 November 2017

Hammer Price:
£40

17th Century Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Snaith, George Gilloe (?), Halfpenny, 1669, 1.92g/3h (N –; BW. –). Excavated, fair, extremely rare £90-120

Provenance: Found in Yorkshire 2005.

As far as can be ascertained, the token is believed to be of George Gilloe and reads: mm. pierced sexfoil,
george [—] gilloe (rosette) of, his half peny, pierced sexfoil flanked either side by three lozenges, rev. mm. pierced cinquefoil, snayth (rosette) mercer (rosette) 1669, Mercers’ arms