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

№ 174

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8 November 2007

Hammer Price:
£100

18th Century Tokens, Herefordshire, Hereford, Robert Biddulph, Milton’s Penny, 1796, bull breaking its chains, election date above, rev. apple-tree and short-handled plough within wreath, edge plain, 17.73g/12h (DH 1). A late striking with die crack running across animal; minor surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and lightly patinated, very rare (£90-120)

Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection
D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1285
The Property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 2027