Six Warwickshire conder penny tokens dated 1789 and commemorating the pugilists Isaac Perrins and Tom Johnson, four examples for Perrins and two for J
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Six Warwickshire conder penny tokens dated 1789 and commemorating the pugilists Isaac Perrins and Tom Johnson, four examples for Perrins and two for Johnson, with named portraits of the boxers to the obverse, the reverse inscribed STRENGTH AND MAGNANIMITY, BELLA!, HORRIDA!, BELLA! and dated 1789 At Banbury on 22nd October 1789 the English boxing champion Tom Johnson fought and won an epic 62 rounds fight against his considerably bigger challenger Isaac Perrins.