British Tokens from the Collection of the late Bill McKivor

18th Century Tokens, LONDON, High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, mule Halfpenny, St George on horseback slaying dragon, small boar above, rev. cypher rw on a shield hanging from a tree, edge plain, 10.91g/6h (DH 340). Obverse rim bruise at 8 o’clock, otherwise very fine with brown patina, very rare £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Tokens from the Collection of the late Bill McKivor.

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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection, Spink Auction 192, 24 January 2008, lot 70.

A concoction presumably made at the Soho mint, utilising the rev. die of the Enniscorthy halfpence of Robert Woodcock (DH Wexford 1-4), from an issue shipped from Soho in February 1800/1 (Doty, CTCJ June 2000, p.77). At one time considered rarer than DH 339, more specimens of DH 340 have appeared on the market in recent years