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Auction 153 4 Dec 2018
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18th Century Tokens
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1800, bust left with four buttons on coat, the work of john gregory hancock aged 9 years around, from a model by i.g. hancock sen. below, rev. to encourage a rare instance of genius this coin was struck for t. welch birmingham and date, edge penny token payable on demand, 37.22g/6h (DH 24). Small rim knock on reverse at 8 o'clock, otherwise extremely fine, reflective brown patina, very rare £300-£400
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Provenance: M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 19 June 1987, lot 265 [from J.A. Bobbe May 1981]
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1800, bust left with four buttons on coat, the work of john gregory hancock aged 9 years around, from a model by i.g. hancock sen. below, rev. to encourage a rare instance of genius this coin was struck for t. welch birmingham and date, edge penny token payable on demand, 37.22g/6h (DH 24). Small rim knock on reverse at 8 o'clock, otherwise extremely fine, reflective brown patina, very rare £300-£400
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Provenance: M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 19 June 1987, lot 265 [from J.A. Bobbe May 1981]