Auction Catalogue

3 October 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 265

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3 October 2012

Hammer Price:
£250

18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Blything, Sir John Rous, uniface striking of the rev. of his Halfpenny, 1794, castle within crowned Garter, edge god save the king and constitution, 11.73g (DH 17 bis II). Extremely fine and patinated, of the highest rarity
£300-500

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

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Provenance: F.W. Lincoln (No. 1) Collection; A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part I, Mark Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005 (136); R.S. Bole Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 2083


This is a uniface striking, not a trial