Middlesex 1001 (RRR) (With a remarkable pedigree). National Series, France. Copper halfpenny. 9.24 gm. 31 mm. A mule made by Skidmore; the reverse is a Spence die. Conjoined busts right; • LOUIS XVI ET M. ANTOINETTE • ROI ET REINE DE FRANCE / A cat sitting right facing front; 1796 below; MY FREEDOM I AMONG SLAVES ENJOY around. Uncirculated; obverse weakly struck.

The Mike Sussman Collection of British Trade Tokens.

Ex Hamer.

Ex Cokayne from Hamer, November 1930 (tag in his hand).

Ex Baldwin Basement 1 (September 2014) lot 577 (£560 plus commissions, $908 plus 20%).