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

№ 15

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£310

Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1797, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. anchor and cable, edge grained, 9.01g/1h (DH 13; Preston-Morley 1029). Reverse a trifle off-centre, otherwise good extremely fine with original colour and attractive surfaces, extremely rare
£300-400

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

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Provenance: G.W. Spencer Collection; P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1059 [from Mrs H. Spencer October 1982]