British Tokens

Hampshire, Portsea, Charles and William Avenell & Jacob and William Simmonds, Shilling, 1811, star and crescent in Garter, rev. legend, 4.11g/12h (D 31). Extremely fine and retaining mint bloom, extremely rare £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 19th Century Tokens formed by Frank Gorsler.

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Provenance: P.W. Callier Collection, Glendining Auction, 20 March 1968, lot 119 (part); A.C. Fraser Collection, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 336 [from Seaby 1968]; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1678; C.E. Pitchfork Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 67 (Melbourne), 18-19 July 2001, lot 731