245, Lot: 503. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRADE TOKENS, Middlesex. Christ’s Hopsital. CU Sixpence Token (29mm, 6.06 g, 6h). Dated 1800.
CH cypher; date below / SIX/ PENCE. D&H 2. Good VF, dark brown surfaces.
From the Norman Frank Collection.
These tokens were struck for boys living at Christ’s Hospital. Children attending the charity school were forbidden from using outside money