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British tokens, Birmingham, Taylor & Challen Ltd, advertising token c. 1914, Chinese interest

British tokens, Birmingham, Taylor & Challen Ltd, advertising token c. 1914, Chinese interest

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British tokens, Birmingham, Taylor & Challen Ltd, advertising token c. 1914, Chinese interest. 21 mm, bronze. 


Taylor & Challen Ltd were a Birmingham manufacturer of minting machinery, who sold equipment to many foreign mints, e.g. Thailand. These tokens were produced in 1914, as part of a project to attract new foreign customers, especially the relatively new Chinese Republican government. 

EF+, lustrous, a superb example. 

cf. an inferior piece, Baldwin's Auction 61, lot 299 (USD 420 hammer) 
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