Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, William Mainwaring, (1768-1794), button-maker, Birmingham, White Metal Penny, 1793, obv bust right, THOMAS PAINE around, rev three men facing a mountain, Aesop's fable of the mountain in labour, THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR around, edge plain (Conder p.204, 34; Atkins p.363, 27; D&H Middlesex 208). A couple of spots, otherwise nearly good extremely fine and retaining much brilliance, rare.

Mainwaring engraved dies for William Lutwyche and is thought by Pye to have produced a limited number of tokens, as well.

Estimate: £300-400