Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Tickets and Passes, Important British Trade Tokens, Coin Weights

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 2151

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£350

Dudley, Thomas Jones, Skidmore’s Farthing, 1796, scales above chest, rev. anchor, edge plain, 4.04g/6h (DH 47a). Extremely fine and nicely patinated, a great rarity and one of the most elusive 18th century Farthings (£400-500)

Provenance:
W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13-15 July 1903, lot 362
S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 446 (part)
Revd W.L. Gantz Collection, Glendining Auction, 23-7 June 1941, lot 1731 (part)
DNW Auction 62, 30 June 2004, lot 1318