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30 September 2021

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British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

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№ 290 x

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30 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£500

18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, John Clarke, Halfpenny, 1795, Britannia crowning bust of George III with laurel wreath, rev. oak tree at left, four ships in background, britanniæ tutamen, edge payable at the house of john clarke bull street, 12.65g/5h (DH 122). From the dies in unflawed state, extremely fine and bronzed, very rare £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Tokens from the Collection of the late Bill McKivor.

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Provenance: T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 243 [from Spink May 1970]; A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Glendining Auction, 28 June 1989, lot 510; S. Gahlin Collection, DNW Auction 153, 4 December 2018, lot 2277