18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection

Staffordshire, Tamworth, John Harding, Penny, 1799, castle and trees, rev. Town Hall, edge penny token payable at the house of iohn harding calico printer tamworth, 34.26g/6h (DH 9). Usual flaw on obverse and die stress marks on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck with dark reflective patina, very rare £400-500

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

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Provenance: Bt J.A. Bobbe 1998 [from Baldwin].

48 struck