Buckinghamshire, Chesham, Adam Simpson, Halfpenny, 1795, from the same dies as previous, edge payable in lancaster london or bristol, 9.27g/6h (DH 20b; Preston-Morley –). Gilt, perhaps officially; some rubbing to high points, otherwise good very fine and of the highest rarity; the only specimen known to the cataloguer with this edge £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part III, Mark Rasmussen FPL 10, Summer 2006 (373); bt P.J. Preston-Morley September 2006