18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Ludgate Hill, Henry Young, Proof Penny, 1794, in silver, frontal elevation of St Paul’s Cathedral, rev. legend around Garter Star, edge plain, 15.90g/6h (DH 39). Tiny rim nick on reverse at 12 o’clock and some light spotting, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, extremely rare £600-800

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

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Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 292