Numismatic Depiction of a Coining Press

440, Lot: 682. Estimate $75. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Warwickshire. Birmingham. Lutwyches’. CU Farthing (22.5mm, 4.56 g, 6h). Undated (struck in late 18th century). PROVINCIAL COINS & MEDALS around, a figure (Minerva) standing left on a pedestal against which is an oval shield engraved DIE/ SINK^R. in two lines; & ENGRAVER in exergue / LUTWYCHES MANUFACTORY BIRMINGHAM, a coining press. D&H 482. EF, brown surfaces, some red.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.