18th Century, Chesham, Adam Simpson, Halfpenny, 1795, arms, crest and cypher of the issuer, rev. arms, for the public good around, edge payable at adam simpsons x·x·x·, 9.39g/6h (DH 20). Small toning spot in obverse field, otherwise good extremely fine with almost full original colour (£30-50)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens.

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Provenance:
Bt Spink August 1969.

Adam Simpson, draper. The type was published in Virtuoso’s Companion, 21:3, 21 September 1795