Sussex, Chichester, Henry Comper and Benjamin Charge, Five Shillings, 1811, clasped hands, union token, etc, rev. legend, reads comper’s and charge’s, edge grained, 19.27g/12h (KR 301d; D 2). Light surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and retaining much original brilliance, very rare, a most attractive specimen £2,000-£2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 19th Century Tokens formed by John Akins.

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Provenance: A Good Series of 19th Century Silver Tokens, DNW Auction 70B, 11 July 2006, lot 2051; bt S.H. Monks August 2009