Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, WALES, Parys Mine Company,Thomas Williams, (1737-1802), attorney and businessman, part owner and managing partner of the Parys and Mona Mine Companies of Anglesey, Copper Penny (3), 1788, all edge ON DEMAND IN LONDON LIVERPOOL OR ANGLESEY, obv Druid's head left within thin oak wreath and outer border of acorns, twenty-five acorns in wreath, rev P M Co cypher, 1788, WE PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ONE PENNY within a border of acorns, straight 1 and 7, 1 under second limb of second N of PENNY (2) (D&H Anglesey 222); obv acorn level with point of hood (Atkins p.271, 102; D&H Anglesey 224); obv last stem on left springs from end of leaf, and has a spur, rev 1 between N and Y of PENNY (D&H Anglesey 226). D&H 222 with a couple contact marks, otherwise good extremely fine, D&H 224 fair, the surfaces quite rough, D&H 226 with a few spots of corrosion, otherwise extremely fine, D&H 224 very rare, D&H 222 exceedingly rare. (3)

Williams effectively gained control of the entire operations of the Parys Mountain and, later, the Cornish Metal Company, giving him a near monopoly over the development and production of copper and the copper trade in Great Britain.

Estimate: £150-200