439, Lot: 763. Estimate $75. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Warwickshire. Birmingham. Dakin & Co. CU Merchant Check (28mm, 9.15 g, 6h). Undated. • DAKIN & C^O. • CENTRE OF THE MARKET BIRMINGHAM, Asian man seated facing, holding a cup of tea / THE FINEST FLAVOR’D TEA, THE BEST AND CHEAPEST TEA,/ AND THE CHEAPEST AND BEST TEAS, ARE AT THE/ GOLDEN CANISTER, TEA WAREHOUSE. in three lines around, canister of tea labled DAKIN/ &/ COMP^Y. in three lines. EF, underlying red.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.