18th Century British Trade Tokens

Staffordshire, Tamworth, John Harding, Proof Penny, 1799, in silver, from the same dies as previous, edge penny token payable at the house of iohn harding calico printer tamworth, 42.32g/6h (DH 9). Usual flaw on obverse and die stress marks on reverse, two almost imperceptible obverse rim nicks, otherwise virtually as struck with dark grey tone, extremely rare £1,500-2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: Bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998.

6 struck