Important British Trade Tokens

Coventry, Thomas Sharp, Halfpenny, 1797, seated female, cityscape behind, rev. Georgian house with man leaning from upper window, edge coventry halfpenny payable by thomas sharp, 16.22g/12h (DH 312). Small surface mark by female’s right elbow and reverse inscription double struck, otherwise extremely fine and very rare (£200-250)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Duplicate Tokens from the Collection of David Griffiths.

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Provenance:
T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 252 [from Seaby March 1969].

48 struck