BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, John Ottley, White Metal Penny mule, obv a building, FOUNDLING HOSPITAL LAMBS CONDUIT FIELDS around, COMPLETED 1741 in exergue, rev a building, MONTAGUE HOUSE ALTERD FOR THE BRITISH around, MUSEUM 1754 in exergue, edge plain (D&H unlisted, Davisson as D&H Middlesex 53bis II). Struck from lightly rusted dies, essentially as made and unique.
ex W J Davis Collection
ex S H Hamer Collection
ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 26 November 1930
Estimate: £300-500