440, Lot: 655. Estimate $75. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Hampshire. Portsea. CU Halfpenny (29mm, 9.92 g, 6h). Dated 1794. PORTSEA HALFPENNY. 1794, shield with javelin crest / PAYABLE, sailing ship; at bottom, sprigs of single leaves. Edge: AT GEORGE EDWARD SARGEANTS PORTSEA, and engrailed. D&H 72. EF, has been varnished, the diagnostic die break on reverse.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.