18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Coventry, John Nickson, Halfpenny, 1799, three-quarter bust of John Hales in cap with tassel, holding deed with two seals, rev. elevation of the Free School, windows with lattice-work, edge coventry halfpenny payable by john nickson and date, 16.90g/6h (DH 306). Extremely fine, reverse with a hint of original colour, very rare £150-200

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

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Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 4-5 December 1985, lot 340 (part); bt F. Seymour September 1994.

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