BRITISH 18th CENTURY TOKENS, Francis Blick, White Metal Halfpenny, 1794, obv view of Tamworth Castle and Church, CHURCH AND CASTLE above, TAMWORTH in exergue, the spires of the church come very close to the base of the letters of AND, this is an unfinished die, the details of the church and castle missing, rev ornamental cypher F. B, DEUS NOBIS FIDUCIA around, HALFPENNY TOKEN MDCCXCIX in exergue, the downstrokes of F and B plain, edge plain (D&H Staffordshire 22). Trifling marks, otherwise better than extremely fine and exceedingly rare.
ex Norman Collection
ex S H Hamer Collection, Glendinings, 26-28 November 1930, lot 316
Estimate: £300-500