Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£230

Bedfordshire, Leighton Buzzard, Chambers, Langston, Hall & Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in gilt-copper, girl making lace, rev. sheep, edge chambers langston hall & co, 9.87g/6h (DH 3c). Brilliant and practically as struck, very rare £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 2 [from Spink 1988]; J. Spingarn Collection FPL (1); J. Spingarn Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1080




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