British Tokens, Eighteenth Century Tokens, Kent, Godinton [near Ashford], John Toke, hop pickers' tokens in brass (4), sixpence, 1767, name in monogram, rev. basket of hops (DH.23); value unknown, uniface, undated, family crest (DH.25), initials I T (2 - DH.26/27), very fine for issue, DH.23 with obverse edge knock, this very rare, DH.26 a little bent (4)
*DH.23 ex Cokayne, DH.25 and 26 ex A.W. Jan, DH.27 ex Longman, lot 77 (part)
the lot ex Baldwin's vault
DH.23 struck for the issuer on behalf of the Hon. Thomas Harrison, Attorney-General of Jamaica, after his visit to Toke's farm. DH.25-27 date from the period 1725-46 (Acworth, 1937, p. 161).
Estimate: 120-180 GBP