Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpenny, Cain slaying Abel, rev. bust of John Thelwall right, edge engrailed, 9.37g/6h (DH 816). Tiny spot in obverse field, otherwise mint state with red-gold patina and highly reflective surfaces, attractive and very rare £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection.

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Provenance: M.Z. Gerson Collection [from Baldwin 1983]; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 611 (part) [from M.Z.G. September 1985]; W. Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 13, 25 April 2000 (680) [from R. Gladdle November 1998]