Lot 523
Warks. Birmingham , Thomas Welch Penny, 1799, Mounted yeoman riding left with sabre raised, WARWICKSHIRE YEOMANRY, etc, …

Auction: 7 October 2024 at 10:00 BST
£1,080
Description
Warks. Birmingham , Thomas Welch Penny, 1799, Mounted yeoman riding left with sabre raised, WARWICKSHIRE YEOMANRY, etc, rev. PROMISSORY PENNY TOKEN ISSUED BY THOMAS WELCH SECOND TROOP 1799, edge ARMED TO PRESERVE OUR LIVES PROPERTY AND CONSTITUTION AGAINST FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ENEMIES, 34mm/27.74gm. (DH 27a). Good Extremely Fine, obv. almost full mint lustre, rev. more subdued but still much lustre, very rare ‘RR’- reportedly only 24 struck.
Footnote
Ex Sven Gahlin Col. bought Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 428. Dispersed by DNW 4 Dec. 2018, lot 2289.

