18th Century Tokens from the Joel Spingarn Collection

18th Century, Scotland, Kinross-shire, Loch Leven, Kempson’s Penny, 1797, castle in ruins, rev. girl treading linen in a tub (DH 1). Brilliant and practically as struck, a most attractive example and one of the finest known, rare (£1,000-1,200)

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 181;
W Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Auction, April 2000 (869).

Literature:
Bell, Tradesmen’s’ Tickets and Private Tokens, p.218, illustrated. See Colour Plate V