TOKENS, Middlesex. London. Benjamin Nightingale, antiquarian. CU Token (30mm, 16.67 g, 12h). Dated 1843. EF.

Electronic Auction 593
Lot: 938. Estimated: $ 100

British Tokens, Copper

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TOKENS, Middlesex. London. Benjamin Nightingale, antiquarian. CU Token (30mm, 16.67 g, 12h). Dated 1843. • “VILIUS EST ARGENTUM AURO, VIRTUTIBUS AURUM” •, female figure seated right, head facing, holding inverted cornucopia overflowing with coins; to right, coin cabinet with open door; coat-of arms above; shamrock, rose, and thistle in exergue / * BENJAMIN NIGHTINGALE LONDON * PRIVATE TOKEN, cypher, 1843 below. S. Hamer, “Notes on the Private Tokens, Their Issuers and Die Sinkers,” in BNJ 1903-1904, p. 317. Attractive brown surfaces, cud on obverse. EF. Only seventy-two struck.

From the Deer Creek Collection. Ex Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 444, 15 May 2019), lot 627.


Closing Date and Time: 13 August 2025 at 15:12:20 ET.

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