Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpenny, man seated left in prison gnawing bone, rev. cat seated right, edge spence x dealer x in x coins x london x, 10.63g/7h (DH 850; Bobbe, CTCJ 54, die state V). Extensive die flaw on obverse and reverse die weak and buckled, about extremely fine and patinated, rare £300-350

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

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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 61, 26 May 2009, lot 230