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

№ 208 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£70

Gloucestershire, Newent, John Morse, Halfpenny, 1796, shield at base of tree, rev. legend in spiral, reads thousands, edge payable at newent and engrailed, 11.41g/12h (DH 64). Striking crack, otherwise virtually as struck with considerable original colour £70-90

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 Stanley Gibbons April 1980]; bt J.A.B. October 1999