Joseph Priestley 50th Birthday Medallic Token 1783
18th Century Token, Warwickshire, Birmingham, copper medallic Token, 36mm diameter, struck Joseph Priestley's 50th birthday, 1783, engraved by John Gregory Hancock, bust of Priestley right, maker name below I. G. HANCOCK F. legend surrounding, JOSEPHUS PRIESTLEY. rev. struck en medaille, workbench with scientific apparatus, furnace to right with smoking chimney, date in Roman numerals in exergue, flower below, edge plain, weight 17.43g (D&H 33 S; Eimer 807; BHM 251). A few tiny nicks on edge, some light crazing to flan both sides probably a product of rusty dies, raised die cud on reverse rim, otherwise with a few light handling marks, extremely fine and scarce.
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18th Century Token, Warwickshire, Birmingham, copper medallic Token, 36mm diameter, struck Joseph Priestley's 50th birthday, 1783, engraved by John Gregory Hancock, bust of Priestley right, maker name below I. G. HANCOCK F. legend surrounding, JOSEPHUS PRIESTLEY. rev. struck en medaille, workbench with scientific apparatus, furnace to right with smoking chimney, date in Roman numerals in exergue, flower below, edge plain, weight 17.43g (D&H 33 S; Eimer 807; BHM 251). A few tiny nicks on edge, some light crazing to flan both sides probably a product of rusty dies, raised die cud on reverse rim, otherwise with a few light handling marks, extremely fine and scarce.
