Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 315 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£150

Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. shepherd reclining right under tree, edge payable in london and engrailed, 9.42g/6h (DH 853; Bobbe, CTCJ 54, die state I). Obverse die with no flaw, mint state with most attractive dark reflective patina £150-200

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

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Provenance: O.P. Eklund Collection; J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. October 2005.

Struck before the previous two lots, although retained in sequence here