BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Charles James, die sinker and medalist, Bow Street, London, Copper Farthing, 1789, obv laureate bust in profile right, C.I below, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA around, rev blank, edge plain (D&H unlisted, Davisson as D&H Middlesex 1130bis). Extremely fine and exceedingly rare, no other example traced.
ex Yeates Collection
ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 23 February 1923 for 15/-
Responsible for executing the designs for numerous tokens including many of those for Gilbert Pidcock, Robert Orchard, and Thomas Spence.
Estimate: £150-200