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

№ 16

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£420

Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, Justice seated right, rev. Joseph Askins standing left, edge grained, 11.29g/6h (DH 15a; Preston-Morley 1032). Virtually as struck with attractive reflective surfaces, obverse with a hint of original colour, very rare £400-500

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

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Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 12 [from Baldwin]; P.C. Deane Collection; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 19 [from P.C.D. 1985]; R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part I, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 21