440, Lot: 678. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TOKENS, Warwickshire. Birmingham. Bisset’s. CU Halfpenny (29.5mm, 10.07 g, 6h). Undated (struck in late 18th century). BISSET
S MUSEUM & FANCY PICTURE MANUFACTORY around, NEW S
T. in exergue, view of interior of a temple, with pictures hanging round the side of the temple. Edge: Plain / ALABASTER SPAR & PETRIFACTION WAREHOUSE˙ around, BIRMINGHAM in exergue, urns and obelisks. D&H 120. EF, underlying red.
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.