Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 4

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£170

Buckinghamshire, Amersham, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, from the same dies as previous, edge engrailed, 9.02g/7h (DH 2a; Preston-Morley 1016). Practically as struck with virtually full original colour, 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: F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 179 (part) [from Spink]; Fawcett/Litman Collection; D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1152