Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Buckinghamshire, Slough, John Peckham, Halfpenny, 1795, in bronzed-copper, arms of the Peckham family, rev. phoenix, 11.47g/12h (DH 27; Preston-Morley 1052). Usual rim flaw, extremely fine and nicely patinated, rare (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 181 (part) [from Baldwin]
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

John Peckham (†September 1830), alchemist and numismatist, who owned, among other coins, a Brutus ‘Ides of March’ denarius; he was an early friend of William Till, who bought his collection post mortem