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Auction: 8017 - Important British 18th Century Tokens
Lot: 142

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Bisset, Halfpenny, temple (without pictures), rev. pedestal clock supporting vase, pedestals supporting obelisk and vase each side (DH.119), the obverse die damaged at top, the reverse die with flaw at 7:00 position, good extremely fine, traces of lustre, believed unique Estimate £ 500-600 PROVENANCE: T. Thompson, MP (issuer of the Evesham Penny token) Matthew Young, Sotheby, 1838-41 Chetwynd, Christie, 30 July-2 August 1872, lot 30 (part) J.S. Dodsworth Hamer, Glendining, 26-28 November 1930, lot 405 (part) Provenance chiefly from S.H. Hamer, BNJ 1905, pp.375-6

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