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18th Century, Aylesbury, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, similar, rev. man hanging from gibbet, p(eye)t above, cap of Liberty, medallion with anchor and monument inscribed peace 1796, liberty and not slavery around, edge grained, 11.20g/6h (DH 16). Good extremely fine with much original colour, well struck, of the highest rarity; only one other specimen known (£400-600)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens.

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Provenance:
J Atkins Collection;
Lt-Col B Lowsley Collection, Sotheby Auction, 3-4 May 1899, lot 142 (part);
W J Davis Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-15 March 1901, lot 4 (part) [from Dudman, 1899];
W Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 6 (part) [from Baldwin, May 1914];
bt Baldwin July 1973.

The rev. die originally served as the obv. for a London Corresponding Society halfpenny (DH Middlesex 290)