Details
LOT 2928
Tokens - Haverhill Manufactory - 1794 - AE Token Dated 1794 A.D.
Obv: a man weaving in a loom with: HAVERHILL MANUFACTORY legend. Rev: a cypher IF within an oval, with crest of a wolf's head above with legend: PRO BONO PUBLICO 1794, with plain edge with lettering: PAYABLE AT IOHN FINCHAMS SUFFOLK. Good fine.(10.02 grams, 29 mm.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired since the 1970s.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
DH. 31.
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