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British Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Jeffrey Gardiner

Jeffrey Gardiner

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№ 1071

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15 June 2017

Hammer Price:
£280

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, BRITISH TOKENS, Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co ANTRIM, Belfast, North East Society (Estd. 1829), octagonal copper Penny, nourishment, etc, rev. one pennyworth of soup & bread for this ticket, 32 x 29mm (W 2360; D & W 170/526). Extremely fine and very rare
£100-150

It is thought that these tokens were issued at the time of the potato famines of the mid-1840s