Auction Catalogue

3 October 2012

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 263

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3 October 2012

Hammer Price:
£550

18th Century Tokens, Staffordshire, Tamworth, John Harding, Penny, 1799, castle and trees, rev. Town Hall, edge penny token payable at the house of iohn harding calico printer tamworth, 33.80g/6h (DH 9). Usual flaw on obverse and die stress marks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with dark patina, very rare
£300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 51 [from Seaby 1964].

48 struck