Illustrated in D & H

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1882. Estimate $300. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. London. Political and Social Series. WM Token (32mm, 10.78 g, 12h). Struck early 1790s. A TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUITS, tree bearing the legend TOMMY’S RIGHTS OF MAN, from which hangs a figure holding out open book, saying I DIE FOR THIS/ DAMN’D BOOK; church in background to left / MAY THE TREE/ OF LIBERTY EXIST TO/ BEAR TOMMY’S/ LAST FRIEND. in five lines within ornamental sprays. D&H 209 (this coin illustrated). Fine. Very rare.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Dix, Noonan, & Web (6 October 2010), lot 568.