British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

Glamorganshire, Merthyr Tydfil, William Crawshay, Shilling, 1811, Cyfarthfa ironworks, rev. value, sloping tops to 1s in date, edge grained, 4.59g/12h (D 1). Extremely fine with mint bloom, attractively toned, rare £200-£260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 19th Century Tokens formed by John Akins.

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Provenance: W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 373 (part); SCMB June 1958 (NT 300); Sotheby Auction, 4 December 1986, lot 188 (part); D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part VII, DNW Auction 140, 15-16 March 2017, lot 813 (part) [from S.E. Schwer]