BRITISH 18th CENTURY TOKENS, Matthew Denton, Copper Farthing mule, obv wheatsheaf and sickle flanked by two doves, all within a wreath, the date 1796 divided by the wheatsheaf, rev DENTON . ENGRAVER * & . PRINTER * 7 . MEAD * * ROW * NEAR THE * ASYLUM. * .LAMBETH., edge plain (Conder p.150, 24; Virt p.173; Atkins p.194, 26; D&H Surrey 16). Small spot of verdigris, otherwise brilliant mint state with nearly full original colour, especially on the reverse, scarce.
The obverse from the Halfpenny Wheatsheaf die
Estimate: £70-90