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18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Skidmore’s British Penny, 1797, Britannia seated right, rev. twr cypher, date on tablet below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.94g/6h (DH 6). Reverse edge fault at 5 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £600-800

Provenance: T. Bliss Collection; R. Dalton Collection; W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 67 (part); F.S. Cokayne Collection; M.Z. Gerson Collection [from Baldwin]; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 262; W. Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 13, 25 April 2000 (572); R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T8, 6 October 2010, lot 379; A. Bennett Collection, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 290