Lot 205 – Middlesex Spence halfpenny D&H 733, Hamer Specimen
Century Provincial Tokens of England, Middlesex
Middlesex, Little Turnstile, Thomas Spence; DH 733, halfpenny struck in copper, 10.76g , 29.15mm. Attractive example, bold with some brilliant underlying fields. Good extremely fine .
O : Press Ganging, dragging away an impressed man, * BRITISH * LIBERTY *
DISPLAYED * , 1795
R : Lion dismayed at a cock crowing, LET TYRANTS TREMBLE AT THE CROW
OF LIBERTY, 1795.
E : plain
Est. £150-£250
Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb 09/2005, lot 1475, Fawcett/Litman Collection; ex-Dr David L Spence; ex-W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958; ex-S.H. Hamer January 1910
Winning Bid: £150.00
Item condition: