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Sold between 11 July & 7 October 2004

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The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence

David L Spence

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Lot

№ 1679

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29 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£55

Lichfield, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1796, 12.13g/12h (DH 18); Lutwyche's mule Halfpenny, 1797, rev. Britannia, 8.70g/3h (DH 19) [2]. First extremely fine with considerable original colour, second about fine (£40-60)

Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

DH 18 only illustrated. The tokens bear the bust of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84), the Lichfield-born poet and essayist who became one of England’s greatest literary figures