World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Gibraltar, James Spittle, currency token (?), Spanish 2 Reale, 1823, obv. countermarked PAYABLE AT J. SPITTLE around GIBRALTAR, (Lyall - ). Coin fair, pierced near the edge, countermark very fine slightly double struck, the only recorded specimen £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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As the countermark states ‘Payable at’ this is certainly a currency token, but it is not known what value it would have carried