18th Century Tokens from the Collection of the Late David McDonald
Tokens, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Slough, William Till, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, lion rampant to left, rev. view of the Red Lion inn, edge plain, 13.17g/12h (DH 24; Preston-Morley 1046, this piece; cf. DNW 134, 388). Minor hairlines and a tiny graze by lion's left forepaw, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, attractively toned, very rare £300-£400
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Provenance: P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1046 [from Spink February 1971].
Exhibition: British Numismatic Society, 22 April 1980