Auction Catalogue

8 November 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 158

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8 November 2007

Hammer Price:
£190

18th Century Tokens, Buckinghamshire, Slough, John Peckham, Halfpenny, 1795, in bronzed-copper, 11.75g/12h (DH 27; Preston-Morley 1052); Middlesex, Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Halfpenny, 1794, 9.90g/12h (DH 1012, plated); George III and Queen Charlotte, c. 1790, a silver medalet by T. Wyon Sr, 22mm, 3.18g/12h (DH 1137; BHM 340); Sussex, Brighton, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 8.80g/6h (DH 6); together with London, J. Henry, private token, 1879, in copper, 10.76g/12h (Bell A2; D & W 345/45) [5]. First extremely fine and nicely patinated, second good fine, others very fine but Brighton struck on a bar end (£100-150)