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Auction: 8017 - Important British 18th Century Tokens
Lot: 159

Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Gregory Hancock, Halfpenny or medal in brass, 1800, bust of Shakespeare to left, rev. THIS IS MY WORK etc., INDUSTRY PRODUCETH WEALTH (DH.142), good extremely fine, lustrous, very rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 PROVENANCE: Norman, Sotheby, 27-28 June 1905, lot 252 (part)

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