18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Soho, Robert Orchard, Milton’s Penny, 1803, draped bust right, rev. legend, edge plain, 25.00g/12h (DH 38; Stainton 45). Light die flaws in obverse field and a small scratch behind head, otherwise virtually as struck, reverse with considerable original colour, extremely rare; the best example the cataloguer has seen in commerce
£800-1,000

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

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Provenance: With Spink; bt J.A. Bobbe February 2009.

About 20 struck