440, Lot: 672. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Staffordshire. Stafford. William Horton & Company. CU Halfpenny (29mm, 9.48 g, 5h). Dated 1797. STAFFORD above, 1797 below, the arms of Stafford (four lions around a castle) / HALFPENNY above, a cypher WH above a Staffordshire knot. Edge: PAYABLE BY HORTON AND COMPANY + + + +. D&H 20. Good VF, brown surfaces, some red and iridescence.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.