445, Lot: 801. Estimate $75. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, IRELAND. County Down. Newtownards. Thomas Fisher. CU Twopence (23mm, 6.50 g, 6h). Undated (Series issued in the 1730s). Kingfisher standing left, a fish in its bill; all within a toothed border / I/ PROMISE/ TO PAY THE/ BEARER/ ON DEMAND/ TWO PENCE/ THOMAS/ FISHER in eight lines across field; all within a toothed border. Davis 40; W 40-43; TB 40-43. VF, brown surfaces, the usual die break on obverse. Rare.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.

The first reference is to W. J. Davis, The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage to which are added Tokens of over One Penny Value of any Period.