Duplicate Tokens from the Collection of David Griffiths

Coventry, Thomas Sharp, Halfpenny, 1797, seated female, cityscape behind, rev. Georgian house with man leaning from upper window, edge coventry halfpenny payable by thomas sharp, 16.22g/12h (DH 312). Small surface mark by female’s right elbow and reverse inscription double struck, otherwise extremely fine and very rare (£200-250)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Duplicate Tokens from the Collection of David Griffiths.

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Provenance:
T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 252 [from Seaby March 1969].

48 struck