British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

18th Century Tokens, LONDON, Old Bailey, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Late Surgeons’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.89g/5h (DH 110). Extremely fine, obverse with considerable original colour, reverse diffused £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Distinguished Cabinet of British Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: W.L. Gantz Collection, Glendining Auction, 23-7 June 1941, lot 1675 (part)