Auction Catalogue

1 October 1996

Starting at 1:00 PM

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The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 133

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1 October 1996

Hammer Price:
£820

18th Century, Suffolk, Ipswich, J. Conder, Penny, 1797, Town Hall, reverse JMC monogram (DH 13; Stainton 36). Brilliant, practically as struck and nicely centred, an exceptional specimen, very rare (£250-300)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens.

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The best specimen the cataloguer has seen; much superior to the Jan/Deane/Gerson specimen illustrated by Bell (TT p.147)