363, Lot: 532. Estimate $150. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRADE TOKENS, Warwickshire. Birmingham. John Clarke. CU Half Penny (29mm, 12.87 g, 5h). Dated 1795 in Roman numerals. BIRMINGHAM HALFPENNY, Britannia standing facing, head left, holding shield and spear with left hand, right hand crowning bust of George III with a wreath; to left, draped bust right of George III on a column inscribed JUSTA/PRÆ/MIA in three lines; all within outlined oval / BRITANNIÆ TUTAMEN., oak tree to left on shoreline in foreground; behind, four ships sailing to right; MDCCXCV (date) in exergue. Edge: P[AYA]BLE AT THE HOUSE OF JOHN CLARKE BULL STREET +. D&H 122. AU/UNC, red and brown.