Auction Catalogue

6 October 2010

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 514 x

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£920

National series: Tokens, Skidmore’s British Penny, 1797, bust of George III right within ornamental border, rev. tg cypher, palm branches below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.24g/12h (DH 191). Extremely fine and extremely rare; believed only 8 specimens known £500-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: From a 19th century collection; Spink Auction 92, 9 June 1992, lot 62; W. Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 13, 25 April 2000 (598)