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Argentum Auction Fall 2013  2 November 2013
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Lot 349

Estimate: 50 GBP
Price realized: 150 GBP
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BRITISH TOKENS. 18TH CENTURY TOKENS. Warwickshire, Birmingham, Copper Penny Tokens (2), 1789, commemorating the boxers Thomas Johnson and Isaac Perrins (DH 12, 13). Both extremely fine. (2)
On 22 November 1789 Tom Johnson fought the then reigning heavyweight champion, Isaac Perrins, in a bareknuckle fight at Banbury, Oxfordshire. After a drawn out fight, Isaac retired, leaving Johnson as the victor.

Estimate: £50-80
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