The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens

18th Century, Slough, William Till, Halfpenny, 1794, in copper, similar, edge plain, 10.85g/12h (DH 21). Reverse die flaw less advanced than on previous coin, practically as struck, attractively patinated, extremely rare; believed only four specimens known, one of which is in the British Museum (£300-400)

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

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Provenance:
W Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13-15 July 1903, lot 9;
S H Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-28 November 1930, lot 32;
W Waite Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 11;
bt Baldwin November 1974.

Exhibition:
British Numismatic Society, 22 April 1980. See Colour Plate III

The statement ‘only three struck & die broken’ in the Norman sale catalogue should be treated with some caution; the author of it was apparently ignorant of the existence of the silver proof in the previous lot, which is from a later die-state. Of the three specimens in copper alluded to by the Norman cataloguer, one is in the British Museum (Freudenthal collection), one was in the Davis (lot 7) and Lincoln (lot 182) collections, its present whereabouts being unknown, and the third being the present specimen. A surprise fourth example, lacking provenance of any kind, turned up in 1994 (Spink Auction 101, lot 405 = W J Noble lot 23) – it may, of course, be the missing Davis/Lincoln piece resurfacing onto the market