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18th Century, Middlesex, Middlesex, D. Mendoza and W. Ward, the ‘Boxers’ Penny or medal, 1791, by W. Mainwaring, in white metal, conjoined busts, rev. boxers (DH 35; BHM 356). Extremely fine and of the highest rarity (£2,500-3,500)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Joel Spingarn Collection.

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Provenance:
F W Lincoln ‘No.1’ Collection, dispersed c.1934 [acquired January 1911];
F S Cokayne Collection [from portion bt by Baldwin, c.1946];
Baldwin’s Auction 19, 4 May 1999, lot 517.

Daniel Mendoza (1764-1836) opened his boxing school with his partner, William Ward, at the Lyceum in 1791. It is likely that the above piece was struck to mark the occasion. Illustrated on the back cover