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Auction T15 8 Nov 2017
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A Distinguished Cabinet of British Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman
BRITISH TOKENS, 18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, mounted yeoman riding left, warwickshire yeomanry, etc, rev. fasces and branch above promissory penny token issued by thomas welch second troop 1799, edge armed to preserve our lives property and constitution against foreign and domestic enemies, 25.69g/6h (DH 28). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, of the highest rarity £800-1,000
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Provenance: W.J. Davis Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-15 March 1901, lot 347; S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 378; W.L. Gantz Collection, Glendining Auction, 23-7 June 1941, lot 1722.
4 struck
BRITISH TOKENS, 18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, mounted yeoman riding left, warwickshire yeomanry, etc, rev. fasces and branch above promissory penny token issued by thomas welch second troop 1799, edge armed to preserve our lives property and constitution against foreign and domestic enemies, 25.69g/6h (DH 28). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, of the highest rarity £800-1,000
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Provenance: W.J. Davis Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-15 March 1901, lot 347; S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 378; W.L. Gantz Collection, Glendining Auction, 23-7 June 1941, lot 1722.
4 struck