18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [City of London], Strand, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, 1795, antelope standing left, rev. ostrich standing left, edge plain, 10.94g/6h (DH 447a). Usual light die flaw on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck with almost full original colour, attractive £100-150

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 Spink May 1996]; bt J.A.B. April 2001