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18th Century, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, Birmingham, J.G. Hancock’s sir original Halfpenny, 1800, bust right, rev. this is my work, etc., in 10 lines (DH 140). Good extremely fine with a little original colour on obverse, extremely rare (£2,500-3,000)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Joel Spingarn Collection.

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Provenance:
W Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 297 (part) [from Spink, March 1913];
W J Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction [Melbourne], 7-8 July 1998, lot 983 [from Baldwin, 1979].

Illustrated on the back cover