440, Lot: 650. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TOKENS, Cambridgeshire. County. CU Halfpenny (29mm, 12.27 g, 6h). Dated 1795. INDUSTRY HAS IT'S SURE REWARD., a beehive and bees / RULE BRITANNIA around, 1795 in exergue, Britannia seated left on globe, holding spear and resting arm on shield set on ground to right. Edge: PAYABLE IN LONDON, and engrailed. D&H 14b. EF, red-brown surfaces.
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.