Lot 1173
London - St. Martin’s Lane, Peter Ratley silver proof Halfpenny 1795




The Deane Collection of 18th Century Tokens | 112
Auction: 11 October 2023 at 12:50 BST
£2,640
Description
London - St. Martin’s Lane, Peter Ratley silver proof Halfpenny 1795, Connoisseur examining an oil painting held by a yawning boy (after Henry Morland 1773), rev. Group of seashells on a beach, ship in distance on the sea, edge plain, 30mm/12gm. (DH 465). Good Extremely Fine, handsomely toned with blue iridescence to lustre, extremely rare ‘RRR’.
From a ‘Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part IV’, Mark Rasmussen FPL 11, Winter 2006 (433), Ex. the late David Griffiths Col. via DNW 5 Oct 2011, lot 127.




