18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Barker, Penny, 1800, bust of William Pitt left, rev. penny token for exchange around bee-hive and bees, the work of john gregory hancock aged nine years below, edge by george barker birmingham x x, 24.47g/12h (DH 17). Weakly struck in centre due to insufficient striking pressure, usual small die flaw on reverse at 4 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine with brown patina, extremely rare £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 932 [from Spink 1973]; bt A. Davisson November 1998.

6 struck