18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, from the same dies as previous, edge on demand i promise to pay the bearer one penny, 27.16g/6h (DH 28a, recorded from this piece). Described by Dalton & Hamer as an ‘artist’s proof’; test cuts on edge, extremely fine with some original colour, of the highest rarity; possibly only one other specimen known £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: T. Welch Collection, Thomas King Auction, 17-19 September 1801, lot 211 (part); F.W. Lincoln (No. 1) Collection; F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln March 1934]; T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 6