BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, William Davies, Birmingham Die-sinker and engraver, Brass Farthing, 1790, obv two busts in profile right, GEORGIUS III ET CHARLOTTE . REX ET REG around, no stop after REG, rev PATRONS OF VIRTUE within laurel wreath, A PRESENT FOR THE NEW YEAR around, VIRTUE in a curved line, edge plain (D&H Middlesex 1135bis). Very fine and exceedingly rare, no other example traced.
ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 14 November 1944 for 35/-
Estimate: £200-300