18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, family arms in shield, rev. gb cypher, edge plain, 17.37g/6h (DH 64a). Collectors’ number ‘2215’ inked in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck with a hint of original colour, very rare £120-150

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

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Provenance: D.T. Batty Collection; J.A. Bobbe Collection [from Stanley Gibbons May 1981]; bt J.A.B. September 2003.

36 struck