439, Lot: 759. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TOKENS, Staffordshire. Perry Barr. William Booth. CU Penny (35mm, 20.82 g, 12h). Dated 1811 (a copy produced circa 1900). PAYABLE BY W
M.. BOOTH PERRY BAR around, in center, a sheaf of wheat / STAFFORDSHIRE (quadrilobe) 1811 (quadrilobe), in center, PENNY TOKEN in a double circle. W 956. EF, original red.
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.
The telling signs that this is a later copy are: The dots under M in WM.. are large and square, the 11s in the date are thick, and the N in TOKEN is not double-entered.