Triton XVIII, Lot: 1895. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. London. Thomas Spence’s Mules. Proof AR Halfpenny Token (29mm, 12.20 g, 6h). ‘End of Pain’ series. Dated 1796. NOTED ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MEN, three men hanging from gibbet; 1796 below / A WAY/ TO PREVENT/ KNAVES’ GETTING/ A TRICK. in five lines. D&H 837 note. EF, hairlines. Very rare.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Dix, Noonan, & Web (6 October 2010), lot 537; W.J. Noble Collection (Noble 58B, 7 July 1998), lot 620; P.C. Deane Collection.