Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Westwood’s Collectors’ Halfpenny, 1796, connoisseur smoking pipe, seated at table spread with medals, elderly figure placing a fool’s cap on his head, rev. ass and mule standing facing, be assured friend mule, etc, edge any sum given for scarce original impressions, 10.84g/6h (DH 298). Usual die flaw on reverse, some surface defects in field and has been lacquered, otherwise very fine, rare £200-300

Provenance: O.P. Eklund Collection; J.A. Bobbe Collection; B. Wahl Collection, Part I, Davissons Mailbid Sale 20, 12 February 2004 (421) [from W. Anderson]; D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part I, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 171