441, Lot: 638. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Warwickshire. Birmingham. Wyon. CU Penny (33mm, 22.10 g, 12h). Dated 1796. CRESCIT IN IMMENSVM, an obelisk partly covered with ivy; all within border of pellets / PROMISSORY PENNY TOKEN 1796, a cypher T.W. (Wyon) within a beaded sunken oval. A bouquet within a beaded sunken circle over it. Edge: I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY x. D&H 25. EF, brown surfaces, some underlying red.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.