18th Century British Trade Tokens

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. fasces and branch above promissory penny token issued by thomas welch second troop and date, edge plain, 25.79g/6h (DH 28b). Extremely fine and patinated, very rare £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 92; D.B. Griffiths Collection; bt J.A. Bobbe July 1998.

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