18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection

Warwickshire, Coventry, Thomas Sharp, Halfpenny, 1797, seated female, cityscape behind, rev. Georgian house with man leaning from upper window, other windows filled in, edge coventry halfpenny payable by thomas sharp, 16.12g/12h (DH 312). FDC, rare £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection.

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Provenance: ‘Coventry Collector’, Glendining Auction, 1 February 1984, lot 209 (part); J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. October 1999.

48 struck