439, Lot: 757. Estimate $75. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Warwickshire. Birmingham. Birmingham Workhouse. CU Threepence (45mm, 72.92 g, 12h). Dated 1813. BIRMINGHAM above, 1813/ THREE PENCE in two lines in exergue, view of the workhouse building / ONE POUND NOTE PAYABLE AT THE WORKHOUSE FOR 80 TOKENS in four curved lines around shield of arms. Edge: center grained \\\\\\. W 380; TB 380-3. VF, a number of circulation marks and bruises.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.