Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 924 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£190

Yorkshire, Bedale, James Metcalf, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same dies as previous, edge grained over skidmore holborn london, 12.42g/8h (DH 12b). Obverse a trifle off-centre, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare £200-250

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

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Collection

Provenance: J. Atkins Collection; W. Sykes Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 235 (part); W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1098 part)