British Tokens

18th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Ipswich, James Conder, Milton’s first Proof Penny, 1795, in silver, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 13.91g/12h (DH 9). Usual die flaw on obverse [struck earlier than the piece in the previous lot], virtually as struck with most attractive steel-blue tone, of the highest rarity £1,000-1,500

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

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Provenance: A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part I, Mark Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005 (132); R.S. Bole Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 2090.

6 struck