British Tokens

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