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

Birmingham, Thomas Welch, a uniface trial of the unfinished obv. die for the Penny [1800] by J.G. Hancock Sr, bust left, no buttons on coat, back stamped with a double floral circle impressed gilt, edge on demand i promise to pay the bearer one penny, 26.90g/9h (DH 22). Extremely fine and as made, of the highest rarity (£600-800)

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:
Glendining Auction, 23 September 1965, lot 314 (part)
SCMB February 1967.

Illustrated on the back cover. The cataloguer only knows of three other specimens, those in the Hamer (lot 373 [= Waite-Sanderson lot 214]) and Longman (lot 273) sales, and that illustrated in DH