18th Century British Trade Tokens

Norfolk, Kings Lynn, A. Cook, Skidmore’s Penny, 1798, plough and harrow, rev. cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.64g/12h (DH 2). Usual light die flaws, otherwise virtually as struck with diffused original colour, very rare £600-700

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

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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 12 November 1999, lot 547; bt J.A. Bobbe April 2001