The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin

The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, Warwick, 1797, a white metal medal, unsigned, three men in cart exhorting the crowds on either side, gallows above, rev. as if from temple bar some head was cut, and on rebelling trunk the face was put, 37mm, 23.43g/12h (DH Warwickshire 8; BHM 444). Obverse extremely fine and retaining considerable original brilliance, reverse nearly so, of the highest rarity from this reverse die
£800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by the late Sven Gahlin.

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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Spink April 1918]; T.A. Jan Collection, Part 2, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 80 [from Baldwin]; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction [Melbourne], 7-8 July 1998, lot 924; J. Spingarn Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1255