Important British Trade Tokens

London, Great Russell Street, William Till, Penny-sized token, 1834, in white metal, arms, rev. collections purchased, etc, edge plain, 34mm, 12.06g/12h (cf. D & W 346/68-9, not recorded in white metal); Halfpenny-sized token, 1834, in copper, edge plain, 29mm, 11.40g/12h (D & W 346/56) [2]. About extremely fine, first with graze by russell but extremely rare (£150-200)

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

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Provenance:
P. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 53, 13 March 2002, lots 913 (part), 918 [both from Seaby April 1970].

First only illustrated. William Till (†8 April 1844), a well-known coin dealer in the 1830s and a founding member of the Numismatic Society of London in 1836, traded from 17 Great Russell street. He struck a number of private tokens in his own name, the dies for many of which were engraved by W.J. Taylor. He was also responsible for the Slough series of token halfpence dated 1794-5