Auction Catalogue

2 October 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 129

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2 October 2013

Hammer Price:
£390

Beaconsfield, William Willis, Halfpenny, 1668, 2.09g/3h (BM 31; P-M 914; N –; BW. 24). A hint of surface verdigris, otherwise good very fine and rare; the finest specimen known to the cataloguer £150-200

Provenance: SCMB March 1966.

William Willis, innholder, The Bull, succeeded Joseph Grimsdale, 1666, wife’s name Frances