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Auction: 8017 - Important British 18th Century Tokens
Lot: 140

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Henry Biggs, Halfpenny, bust of Samuel Johnson, rev. three lions rampant, edge PAYABLE AT HENRY BIGGS´S etc. (DH.71), a little scuffed but extremely fine, pleasantly toned, extremely rare Estimate £ 200-250 ´Not more than six . . . known´´, said Thomas Sharp, writing in 1834. See lots 171-2 for tokens of his

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