18th Century British Trade Tokens

Surrey, Lambeth, Prattent’s Penny, [17]96, standing figure of George Cook, smoking pipe and holding a mug and a keg, rev. sr. g · cook fruiterer greengrocer & oyster merchant stangate lambeth, vegetables around, edge on demand we promise to pay one penny, 21.50g/6h (DH 1). Struck over a Penny of Mary Lambe of Bath [DH Somerset 8], metal fault in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £400-500

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

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Provenance: W. Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 13, 25 April 2000 (763) [from Spink]