18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Westwood’s Farthings (2), bust of Samuel Johnson right, rev. three lions, edge grained, 5.86g/12h (DH 475); bust of General Elliot left, rev. fleur-de-lis, edge grained, 5.54g/12h (DH 479) [2]. Extremely fine but first with metal fault in reverse field, both patinated and rare
£90-120

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

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Provenance: *DH 475 T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 140 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe September 1994; DH 479 bt A. Davisson May 1992