Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 191 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£150

Cornwall, Truro, Cornish Metal Co, Halfpenny, 1791, druid’s head left within wreath, rev. arms, edge plain, 12.86g/6h (DH 2). Tiny graze in reverse field, otherwise brilliant and as struck , bronzed £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection.

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Provenance: J.A. Bobbe Collection [from P.C. Deane December 1986]; bt J.A.B. March 2007