Lot 1357
London - Holborn, Thomas Spence Farthing undated




The Deane Collection of 18th Century Tokens | 112
Auction: 11 October 2023 at 12:50 BST
£900
Description
London - Holborn, Thomas Spence Farthing undated, Janiform heads of prime-minister Pitt (one leering satanically, one smiling deceptively !), rev. A man hanging from a gibbet, items of torture below (aping the ‘End of Pain’ types - but in this case it is Pitt who is hanged), 22mm/3.83gm, edge diagonally milled. (DH 1098). Three small patches of verdigris on the obv., otherwise good Extremely Fine, obv. toned with traces of original lustre on the rev., rare.




