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E-Auction 14  30 March 2016
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Lot 93

Estimate: 350 USD
Price realized: 325 USD
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Warwickshire 477. Birmingham. (RR). Æ farthing. 4.2 gm. 20 mm. Struck from halfpenny dies. A female seated right on a rock holding a fasces / A stork standing left on a cornucopia. Extremely Fine; lightly toned with some iridescence showing; significant obverse die break. Very Rare. One of a small number of farthing tokens struck with halfpenny dies, a fascinating subgroup. Ex Bliss (Sotheby, 1916 sale for Bliss's estate included a long run of tokens. Other parts of his collection were sold privately. The tag, which may be in Dalton's hand, notes Bliss 5/-).
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