18th Century Tokens from the Joel Spingarn Collection

18th Century, Warwickshire, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Joseph Priestley, copper medal, 1783, on his 50th Birthday, by J.G. Hancock, bust right, rev. apparatus for experiments, chimney at right (DH 33; BHM 251). Usual flaw on reverse rim at 9 o’clock, good extremely fine, red-brown patina, scarce (£80-100)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 18th Century Tokens from the Joel Spingarn Collection.

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Provenance:
R C Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 145 (part);
bt P Bosco.

Literature:
Bell, Political and Commemorative Pieces, p.17, illustrated