Details
LOT 2725
Tokens - Cornish - 1811 - Accommodation AE Penny Token Dated 1811 A.D.
Obv: CORNISH * * PENNY around a pumping engine and a winding machine, with date below. Rev: * FOR THE ACCOMODATION OF THE COUNTY around ingots of tin above and below a pilchard in centre. Good fine. Scarce.(19.49 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Literature
W. 700.
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