BRITISH 18th CENTURY TOKENS, Meymott & Son, Silver Halfpenny, 1795, obv Britannia seated holding a pair of scales and a spear, MEYMOTT & SON LONDON around, exergue 1795, no crosses in legend, dots before and after the date, spear reaches the edge between N of SON and L of LONDON, the base of the scale to left lines just above the foot of Y of MEYMONT, rev Arms of London, SCALES + WEIGHTS + & + STEEL-YARDS + around, edge CORNER OF WORMWOOD STREET BISHOPSGATE X in raised letters (Atkins p.102, 266; D&H Middlesex 378). Very light hairlines, otherwise nearly mint state and very rare in silver.
ex Norman Collection, Sotheby's 13-15 July 1903, lot 126
bought by Verity and subsequently acquired by Hamer
ex S H Hamer Collection, Glendinings, 26-28 November 1930, lot 177
Estimate: £400-500