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LOT 2934
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. Very fine.(27.30 grams, 36 mm.). [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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LOT 2934
Tokens - Warwickshire - Birmingham - 1812 - AE One Penny Workhouse Token
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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