18th Century British Trade Tokens

Hertfordshire, Bishops Stortford, Sir George Jackson, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Parys Mine Co cypher, edge plain, 11.72g/12h (DH 4 bis III, recorded from this piece; Judson –). Obverse fine, reverse better, of the highest rarity; believed the only known specimen
£200-300

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

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Provenance: DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 1512.

The rev. die used is the same as DH Anglesey 391 which, like Jackson’s tokens, was a Matthew Boulton issue