Gloucestershire, Nailsworth (?), Remmington & Smith, copper Halfcrown, 1804, legend around value, rev. we promise to pay the bearer on demand a one pound note for eight of these pieces, edge plain, 39mm, 16.62g/6h (W 2534; D & W 338/45; D Not Local 17; cf. Davis Sale, 701 [= Norman II, 310]; cf. DNW 165, 1097). Fair, extremely rare; very few specimens known £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 19th Century Tokens formed by John Akins.

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Provenance: Bt October 2016.

It is believed that the issuer was John Remmington, a broadcloth manufacturer and the proprietor of the Gigg spinning mill near Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, who lived at Horsley, near Minchinhampton. Remmington, whose clients included the East India Co, retired in 1811. Research potential