18th Century British Trade Tokens

Yorkshire, Sheffield, Constitutional Society, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, cap of Liberty on pole, rev. oval shield flanked by four flags, unite & be free above, to preserve is to conquer below, edge [payable] in [anglesey london or liverpool], 13.81g/6h (DH 62b). Metal fault running across upper obverse, otherwise about very fine, black patina, 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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Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 177 (part); M.Z. Gerson Collection; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1106 [from M.Z.G. September 1985]