A Distinguished Cabinet of British Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman

18th Century Tokens, LONDON, St Paul’s, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, St Paul’s School, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.32g/12h (DH 158). From the usual flawed reverse die, remains of plaster in sunken parts of edge inscription, otherwise extremely fine, original colour £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Distinguished Cabinet of British Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: W.L. Gantz Collection, Glendining Auction, 23-7 June 1941, lot 1677 (part).

The state of the edge suggests that a plaster cast was taken of this token at some point prior to 1941, but it is not the same piece illustrated in DH