441, Lot: 623. Estimate $75. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. Heslop’s. CU Halfpenny (29mm, 8.08 g, 6h). Undated (struck in late 18th century). CAN YOU DO SO, a man and a monkey in antic postures / R • HESLOP N^O. 86 CHISWELL STREET FINSBURY SQUARE • (quadrilobe) • around, THE FIRST/ SHOP IN LONDON FOR/ NATURAL CURIOSITYS/ PAINTINGS, COINS/ COLOURS FOR/ ARTISTS &c in six lines across field. Edge: Plain (not in collar). D&H 336b. EF, brown surfaces, some red.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.