439, Lot: 756. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Warwickshire. Birmingham. Birmingham Workhouse. AR Shilling Token (24.5mm, 4.66 g, 12h). Dated 1811. BIRMINGHAM TOKEN around, 1811/ ONE SHILLING in two lines in exergue, view of the workhouse building / ONE POUND NOTE PAYABLE AT THE WORKHOUSE FOR 20 TOKENS in four curved lines around shield of arms. Dalton 10; TB 6-15. EF, toned.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.