19th CENTURY, Yorkshire. Sheffield. Overseers of the Poor. CU Penny Token (34mm, 22.88 g, 6h). Dated 1813. Good VF.

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Lot: 851. Estimated: $ 100

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19th CENTURY, Yorkshire. Sheffield. Overseers of the Poor. CU Penny Token (34mm, 22.88 g, 6h). Dated 1813. View of the Sheffield work house / Justice standing right on pedestal, holding scales and olive branch. Edge: center grained. Withers 1004 (this piece illustrated); Davis 129. Brown surfaces, usual scattered marks. Good VF. Very rare.

Ex Francis Cokayne (†1945) (Part II, Dix Noonan Webb 155, 16 January 2019), lot 673 (part of), purchased from Baldwin’s, 1936. Reportedly ex L. Clements (Part I, Sotheby & Co, 16 November 1936).


Closing Date and Time: 13 September 2023 at 14:43:20 ET.

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