439, Lot: 746. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TOKENS, Yorkshire. Leeds. Birchall’s. CU Halfpenny (28mm, 9.48 g, 6h). Dated 1795. LEEDS COMERCIAL HALFPENNY., shield of arms between branches of oak; above, crest a lion rampant and an oak tree / PROSPERITY TO THE WOOLEN MANUFACTORY 1795, a fleece. Edge: PAYABLE BY SAMUEL. BIRCHALL. D&H 28. EF, brown sufaces. Rare.
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.