18th Century British Trade Tokens

Surrey, Bermondsey, Thomas Keys, Halfpenny, 1796, t. keys bermondsey spa garden, rev. conjoined ts between two keys, edge engrailed, 9.41g/12h (DH 5; D & W 65/159). Usual die flaw on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck with much original colour, very rare £500-600

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

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Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman, Sotheby Auction, 18-20 June 1903, lot 71a (part); F.S. Cokayne Collection; W. Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 13, 25 April 2000 (766)