Warwickshire
Lot 932 18TH CENTURY COPPER TOKENS Warwickshire
Estimate $1,200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,050
BIRMINGHAM, George Barker's penny, bust of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham left/Penny Token For Exchange, The Work of John Gregory Hancock aged nine years, 1800 (D&H 17) edge lettering weak. Weakly struck on reverse lettering and high points of bust, insufficient striking pressure, brown toned extremely fine and extremely rare.
Purchased from Spink in 1973.
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