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chairman of the Birmingham Mining & Copper Co
Obverse light spotting
A counterfeit of Thomas Clark’s commercial token
SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE FAMOUS SUGAR-PLUMBS FOR WORMs
Middlesex D&H 305 Foundling Field's Penny chairman of the Birmingham MiningObv: A Lamb, within a circle, FOUNDLING FIELDS around, 1795 below. Rev: A cypher I B within a circle, PAYABLE ON DEMAND around. Edge: Milled. UNC. This token commemorates the work of Thomas Coran for abandoned babies. Upon seeing a dead baby on the side of the road one day, he became determined to build London's Foundling Hospital. A basket was placed on the front door in which mothers could place their unwanted babies. The hospital cared for around