444, Lot: 594. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TOKENS, Gloucestershire. Gloucester. CU Penny (32mm, 16.48 g, 6h). Dated 1797. THE HIGH CROSS. TAKEN DOWN IN. 1751., THE HIGH CROSS / THE ARMS OF GLOUCESTER./ CITY TOKEN in two concentric circles around, P. KEMPSON FECIT around bottom of shield, 17 97, the arms of Gloucester (Kempson’s die A). D&H 9. EF, rich brown surfaces, small spot of green encrustation on reverse.
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.