The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence

Tamworth, Francis Blick, Halfpenny, 1799, church and castle, rev. fb cypher, edge plain, 14.48g/6h (DH 23). Extremely fine and very rare (£120-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

72 struck. Revd Francis Blick, BA, MA (b. 1754), son of Francis Blick of Coventry, educated at St John’s College Oxford, vicar and curate of St Editha, Tamworth, was appointed rural dean of Lichfield in August 1837. A numismatist who lived at Bonehill, Tamworth, his coin collection and library were auctioned by Sotheby’s post mortem in June and July 1843