18th Century Tokens
Hampshire, Portsmouth, Thomas Sharp, Halfpenny, 1797, Neptune crowning Sir John Jervis with a wreath, rev. legend in 7 lines, reads persued, edge portsmouth halfpenny payable at thos sharps, 11.85g/12h (DH 61). Extremely fine with original colour and reflective surfaces, rare £100-150
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Provenance: With Spink June 1972; D. McHenry Collection [from J.A. Bobbe September 1998]; A. Bennett Collection, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 216 [from D. McH. March 2008]