The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens

18th Century, Aylesbury, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1797, similar, rev. archer standing right, holding bow and arrow, for the prize archery around, edge plain, 11.56g/6h (DH 12). Two minor spots in reverse field, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck with virtually full original colour, extremely rare (£400-500)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens.

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Provenance:
T Bliss Collection;
R Dalton Collection [privately from Bliss];
W Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 5 (part) [from Dalton, May 1915];
bt Baldwin March 1973. See Colour Plate III

The rev. die originally served as the obv. for Skidmore’s specious Meriden halfpenny (DH Warwickshire 315)