British Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Jeffrey Gardiner

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, BRITISH TOKENS, Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co ANTRIM, Belfast, North East Society (Estd. 1829), octagonal copper Penny, nourishment, etc, rev. one pennyworth of soup & bread for this ticket, 32 x 29mm (W 2360; D & W 170/526). Extremely fine and very rare
£100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Jeffrey Gardiner.

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It is thought that these tokens were issued at the time of the potato famines of the mid-1840s