World Tokens

Barbados, ST JAMES, Sir Philip Gibbes, uniface Trial for the obv. of a Penny by J. Milton [1792], in copper, negro head left, no m on truncation, 35mm, grid pattern cut into the surface of the flan, 35mm, 15.91g (Lyall 71; Prid. 18; cf. R.J. Ford I, 377). Spot below negro’s chin, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare; very few specimens known £800-1,000

Provenance: Bt Format 1983