WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Union Copper Co [Birmingham and Risca], Pennies, 1811 (5), clasped hands types, payable in birmingham, 18.34g/12h (W 296), payable at birmingham in cash notes (4), 20.46g/6h (W 300, this piece illustrated), 21.28g/6h (W 301, this piece illustrated), 19.86g/6h (W 302, this piece illustrated), 20.74g/5h (W 308, this piece illustrated) [5]. W 301 very fine, others about extremely fine and better but last with minor surface marks, all attractively patinated, mostly very rare £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 19th Century Tokens from the Collection of the Late Francis Cokayne.

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Provenance: *W 296 F.G. Lawrence Collection, Sotheby Auction, 2-4 May 1900, lot 377 (part); W 301 and 308 T. Bliss Collection, Sotheby Auction, 15-19 May 1916, lot 931 (part); W 302 W. Norman Collection, Sotheby Auction, 27 June 1905, lot 245 (part)