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Commerce, Worcestershire, Worcester, Agricultural Corn Exchange, 1848, copper, legend, rev. plough, free admission, 210 stamped above, 38mm, 17.64g/12h (D & W 98/392; MG 1344; Noble II, 828). Pierced as issued, about extremely fine
£30-50

Provenance: D.C. Pottinger Collection [from S.H. Monks Jan 1993).

In 1847 the decision was taken to replace Worcester’s outdoor corn market. Two rival schemes were built; the first, in Angel street, was erected in 1848 and remained in use for 50 years before it subsequently became a boxing hall, an auction house and today an Italian restaurant, while the second, built in the original Cornmarket in 1849, was closed after a few years and sold at a huge loss to a music hall operator