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18th Century, Slough, William Till, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, similar, rev. view of the Red Lion inn, w till above the door, edge plain, 13.17g/12h (DH 23). Trifling hairlines above roof of building, otherwise brilliant mint state with most attractive blue tone, very rare (£250-350)

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

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Provenance:
Glendining Auction, 24-25 April 1940, lot 366 (part);
bt Baldwin June 1974.

Exhibition:
British Numismatic Society, 22 April 1980. See Colour Plate III

A trifling die flaw between the rim and the 9 of the date confirms that DH 23 was struck later than DH 21 and 22, which are free of the flaw