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LOT 2934

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Tokens - Warwickshire - Birmingham - 1812 - AE One Penny Workhouse Token Dated 1813 A.D.

Obv: west view of the Birmingham Workhouse with legend: BIRMINGHAM 1812 ONE PENNY, denomination and date below. Rev: central shield with legend above and below: ONE POUND NOTE FOR 240 TOKENS PAYABLE AT THE WORKHOUSE. 27.30 grams, 36 mm.

Very fine. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired since the 1970s.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

LITERATURE:
Withers 398; Davis 39.

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