Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Ralph Heaton & Sons, copper, female bust left, republica de pilosi around, rev. 2 cuartos calderilla within wreath, edge grained, 29mm, 10.47g/12h (Sweeny Adv. 15). Extremely fine with considerable original colour, very rare £100-£150

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

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An imaginative advertising piece, probably to promote Heaton’s wares in Latin America, and likely struck in the 1870s