Obv: A connoisseur smoking a pipe, next to a table spread with tokens, an old man behind him putting a fool’s cap on his head, TOKEN COLLECTORS HALFPENNY around, 1796 PAYABLE ON DEMAND below. Rev: Two boys riding a race upon asses, ASSES RUNNING FOR HALFPENCE around. Edge: ANY SUM GIVEN FOR SCARCE ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS.
Good Extremely Fine. Dramatic flaw on reverse. Rare and highly desired. Recent example at Heritage sold for $1600+.
One of the two rare Denton’s Collector tokens. Very popular and although this shows a tad circulation, it is problem free with nice color. These were struck at the height of the collecting craze in London near the end of the period of time when the tokens were struck.