303, Lot: 960. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRADE TOKENS, Middlesex. John Ashby, stockbrocker. CU Token (35mm, 15.41 g, 6h). Struck 1824-1828. Man-headed bull left; below, JOHN ASHBY/ STOCK BROCKER/ - No. 3 - BARTHOLOMEW LANE/ BANK / Man-headed bear right; below, calender and office hours. Mitchiner, Jetons 3, 5790. Near EF, a few spots of verdigris.

In addition to representing the bull and bear markets, the creatures on this token bear the faces of Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Moses Macatta, both powerful Jewish bankers in London at the time.