18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Benjamin Jacob, Penny, 1798, shopkeeper standing behind a counter holding a pair of scales, other items of ironmongery around, rev. bn. jacob auctioneer ironmonger. &c welch cross birmingham, hand holding gavel, edge plain, 18.80g/6h (DH 31). Light surface marks in obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine, 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: Bt M.Z. Gerson September 1981.

108 struck