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Sold between 19 March & 11 December 2002

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The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson

Eileen Judson

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№ 1041

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19 March 2003

Hammer Price:
£310

18th Century Tokens, Essex, Dunmow, Spence’s mule Halfpence, 1793 (4), arms, revs. flitch of bacon (3), edge grained, 10.32g/12h (DH 11), skidmore edge, 12.57g/12h (DH 11a), edge plain, 11.37g/6h (DH 11b), Hendon Church, edge plain, 11.50g/6h (DH 12) [4]. Extremely fine and better, first with virtually full original colour, last scratched in reverse field, all scarce (£150-200)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson.

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Provenance:
*DH 11 bt Baldwin; DH 11a
SNC July-August 1972 (7666); DH 11b SCMB June 1971; DH 12 SNC March 1972 (3422).

For an interesting note on the Dunmow Flitch Trials, see Schroeder,
CTCJ Winter 2002, p.20