18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Peter Kempson, Pennies, 1796 (2), both i promise edge, ruins of Caesar’s Tower, Kenilworth, 22.19g/12h (DH 6; Hawkins 2); sleeping lion at cave entrance, 26.12g/12h (DH 20; Hawkins 1) [2]. Extremely fine, but first with collectors’ number ‘190’ inked on obverse £70-90

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

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Provenance: DH 6 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1980; *DH 20 bt M.Z. Gerson August 1978