18th Century Tokens from the Joel Spingarn Collection

18th Century, Middlesex, Middlesex, Denton’s ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, swan swimming, rev. arms (DH 174). Extremely fine with attractive even chocolate patina, very rare (£500-600)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Joel Spingarn Collection.

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Provenance:
R C Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 65.

Literature:
Bell, Specious Tokens, p.127, illustrated. See Colour Plate IV