BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Charles Twigg, button maker, Harper's Hill near St Paul's Square, later Hospital Street, Birmingham, White Metal Penny, 1798, bust of George III to right, I.S.G. 1798 C.T. below, GEORGIVS . III DEI . GRATIA around, rev crown within garter inscribed HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE, radiated, KING & CONSTITUTION around, tip of the radiation at 6 o'clock points to left limb of first T CONSTITUTION, edge plain (D&H Middlesex 189). Good extremely fine and retaining much brilliance, very rare.
ex S H Hamer Collection
ex F S Cokayne Collection, acquired 26 November 1930, lot 246 (part)
Estimate: £150-200