444, Lot: 614. Estimate $75. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Yorkshire. York. CU Halfpenny (29mm, 11.69 g, 12h). Dated 1796. EBORACUM in exergue, crowned and draped female seated left, holding sword and leaning on shield; all within a border of oak leaves / LIBERTAS. JUSTITIA. PAX. (quatrefoil) YORK MDCCXCVI. (quatrefoil) , pileus, sword, scales, and olive branch (symbols of liberty, justice, and peace) in saltire. Edge: Plain (in collar). D&H 70. EF, brown surfaces. Scarce.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.