18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Barker, Penny, 1800, bust of Britannia right, diva britanniæ fautrix artium around, rev. the work of iohn gregory hancock aged nine years above date, utile dulci above, for exchange below, edge by george barker birmingham mdccc, 36.56g/12h (DH 19). Uneven patina on obverse and some spotting on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £600-800

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 933 [from Spink 1976]; J. Spingarn Collection; bt J.S. December 1998.

24 struck