Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Electronic Auction 440 20 Mar 2019
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
TOKENS, Yorkshire. Keighley. Anonymous. CU Penny (36mm, 28.41 g, 12h). Undertype dated 1812. KEIGHLEY in raised letters within an incuse rectangle and KEIGHLEY in incuse letters, curved as a segment of a circle / KEIGHLEY in raised letters within an incuse rectangle and an impressed mark with rounded ends which is a segment of a circle. Davis (countermarks p. 18) 51; W 800; TB 800. VF, two-tone brown, traces of red, some marks, spot of lacquer. Scarce. The undertype is a Birmingham Union Copper Company for Public Accomodation CU Penny, 1812. TB 345-368.
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.
Davis commented that "These were issued by the Keighley Overseers of the Poor, to pay the paupers in 1818."
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.
Davis commented that "These were issued by the Keighley Overseers of the Poor, to pay the paupers in 1818."