440, Lot: 689. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Gloucestershire. Cheltenham. John Bishop. CU Penny (34mm, 18.68 g, 6h). Dated 1812. A/ POUND NOTE/ FOR 240 TOKENS/ GIVEN BY/ JOHN BISHOP & C^O_/ CHELTENHAM/ 1812 in seven lines across field / VALUE/ ONE PENNY in two lines in exergue, a view of St. Mary's Church down an avenue with trees on both sides. W 673; TB 673. Good VF, brown surfaces.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.

John Bishop was a tailor and draper.