Numismatic Depiction of a Coin Cabinet

444, Lot: 627. Estimate $75. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. London. Benjamin Nightingale, antiquarian. CU Token (30mm, 16.67 g, 12h). Dated 1843. • “VILIUS EST ARGENTUM AURO, VIRTUTIBUS AURUM” •, female figure seated right, head facing, holding inverted cornucopia overflowing with coins; to right, coin cabinet with open door; coat-of arms above; shamrock, rose, and thistle in exergue / * BENJAMIN NIGHTINGALE LONDON * PRIVATE TOKEN, cypher, 1843 below. S. Hamer, “Notes on the Private Tokens, Their Issuers and Die Sinkers,” in BNJ 1903-1904, p. 317. EF, brown surfaces, cud on obverse. Only seventy-two struck.