BRITISH 18th CENTURY TOKENS, Henry Biggs, Copper Halfpenny, 1792, obv bust in profile right, DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON . around, rev three lions rampant, PROMISSORY . HALFPENNY . PAYABLE . AT . around, edge PAYABLE AT HENRY BIGGS MOORE STREET (Pye p.6, 9; Atkins p.208, 47; D&H Warwickshire 71). Extremely fine and exceptionally rare, perhaps no more than six specimens known.
Estimate: £150-200