Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Cambridgeshire, Newmarket, Spence’s Halfpenny, 1793, stag lying under tree, rev. snail on river-bank, tree and bridge in background, edge plain, 9.06g/6h (DH 35). Usual die cracks and flaws on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare (£400-600)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

The first example seen by the cataloguer; no others are believed to have been offered at auction since the specimen in the Waite-Sanderson sale (Glendining, 16-17 November 1944, lot 17), which may indeed be this same piece