Warwickshire D&H 216 Kempson's Buildings Ireland Rev: View of St

Rev: View of St

Mostly fading red and lustrous

Noble and McCarthy collections

PRINTER TO THE MAJESTY OF THE PEOPLE LONDON 1795

Warwickshire D&H 216 Kempson's Buildings Ireland Rev: View of StObv: View of theatre, BIRMINGHAM THEATRE above, 1795 in exergue. Rev: Shield of arms, P. KEMPSON MAKER OF BUTTONS MEDALS & C BIRMINGHAM in three curved lines around. Edge: Plain. Uncirculated and fading red. Dramatic die crack across the obverse above theatre. After the original theatre burnt down in 1792, the Birmingham Theatre was built. The theatre had bas relief heads of Shakespeare and David Garrick as medallions built onto the newly constructed