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Sold on 8 November 2017

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

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Lot

№ 414

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8 November 2017

Hammer Price:
£850

19th Century Tokens, SHROPSHIRE, Dawley, Gilbert Gilpin, Shilling, 1811, legend around sells chains for pits cranes &c, etc, rev. boar running right, edge grained, 3.78g/1h (D 1; W 718, same obv. die). Obverse field scratched and tooled, reverse also with some scratches, otherwise good fine and toned, extremely rare £500-700

Provenance: W.L. Gantz Collection, Glendining Auction, 23-7 June 1941, lot 1778 (part)