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LOT 2660
Tokens - Warwickshire - Birmingham Workhouse - AR Shilling Token Group [3] 1811 A.D.
Obv: west view of the Birmingham Workhouse with legend: BIRMINGHAM 1811 ONE SHILLING, denomination and date below. Rev: central shield with legend above and below: ONE POUND NOTE FOR 20 TOKENS PAYABLE AT THE WORKHOUSE. Very fine-as struck, attractive slate-grey tone. Scarce.(13.99 grams total, 24-25 mm.). [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Noble, no.1788 (part).
Acquired since the 1970s.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by three old coin tickets.
Davis. 8, 9.
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LOT 2660
Tokens - Warwickshire - Birmingham Workhouse - AR Shilling Token Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Tokens - Shakespear Evasion - AE Halfpenny Token 18th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Obv: bust facing left with GULIELMUS SHAKESPEAR legend. Rev: ENGLANDS GLORY around Britannia seated right. 7.39 grams, 27 mm.
Good very fine.
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Tokens - 17th Century Token - Bishopsgate AE Farthing Dated 1657 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Obv: EDM.MORRIS.WITHIN.B, around cable inner circle, a lion rampant. Rev: GATE.GOVLDEN.LYON.57, around cable inner circle, M over E A. 0.49 grams, 16 mm.
Good fine.
Found Hertfordshire, UK. -
Tokens and Jettons - Medieval France - Dolphin Jetton - AE Reckoning Counter 1373-1415 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Vienne France. Obv: +AVE MARIA GRACIA, Dolphin ('dauphin') the traditional badge of the Counts of Alban, Dauphins of Viennois, after 1349 the eldest son of the French king took the title Dauphin. Rev: + A + / + V + / + E + / + X +, in the angles of a decorated floral cross with outward ornaments - croix feuillue dans un quadrilobe. 2.31 grams, 24 mm.
About extremely fine.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
