18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, from the same dies as previous, edge armed to preserve our lives property and constitution against foreign and domestic enemies, 27.16g/6h (DH 27a). Brilliant and virtually as struck with most attractive reflective surfaces, very rare £250-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 266 [from J.A. Bobbe May 1981].

24 struck