444, Lot: 604. Estimate $75. Sold for $55. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. Biggar’s. CU Halfpenny (28.5mm, 8.95 g, 12h). Dated JAN^Y. 1^ST. 1796. C : BIGGAR/ SPRING-GARDEN/ COFFEE-HOUSE/ AND HOTEL./ FOR/ GENTLEMEN/ AND/ FAMILIES • in eight lines across field / CONTINUED ANNUALLY. SUBSCRIPTION TWO SHILL^S. & six pence each (pentalobe), BIGGAR’S/ CORRECTED MSS:/ ARMY LIST/ BY/ SUBSCRIPTION/ COMMENCING/ JAN^Y. 1^ST./ 1796 in eight lines across field. D&H 256. EF, brown surfaces. India ink collectors number in obverse field. Scarce.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.