439, Lot: 758. Estimate $75. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TOKENS, Cornwall. CU Penny (35mm, 18.03 g, 6h). Dated 1811. CORNISH * * PENNY * * around, in center, view of a pumping engine and winding machine, 1811 below; all in a circle / FOR THE ACCOMODATION OF THE COUNTY *, a fish between ingots of tin, the bottom block of the tin lines to the first limb of A. Edge: Neatly grained //////. W 704; TB 700-06. EF, underlying red.
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.
Issued by J. Williams, owner of the Scorrier House Mine, these tokens were unsigned.