18th Century British Trade Tokens

Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Horse and Foot Guards, Whitehall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.43g/12h (DH 93). Obverse die in flawed state, virtually as struck with considerable original colour, very rare £600-800

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

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Provenance: Bt J.A. Bobbe January 2005