18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], St Martin’s Lane, Philip Ratley, Halfpenny, 1795, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 13.69g/12h (DH 465). Reverse from the ‘twisted’ die lacking a full impression of the cliff [DH p.147, footnote], about extremely fine, very rare as such £80-100

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

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Provenance: J.R. Farnell Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 134; P.C. Deane Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 4-5 December 1985, lot 207