Special Collections

Sold on 1 October 1996

1 part

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The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens

R C Bell

Lot

№ 75

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1 October 1996

Hammer Price:
£430

18th Century, Middlesex, Corresponding Society, mule Halfpenny by Jacobs for Skidmore, man hanging from gallows, Cap of Liberty and obelisk, LIBERTY AND NOT SLAVERY, reverse obelisk with symbols of Freemasonry, GOD THE FIRST ARCHITECT (DH 291). Obverse slightly discoloured at lower left, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare (£80-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens.

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Bell, PC p.159.

Among the rarest British tokens of the period relating to Freemasonry