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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2407

Estimate: 250 GBP
Price realized: 220 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, WALES, Uncertain Issuer, Paris Miners, Specious Copper Halfpenny (18), 1791, obv Druid's head left within thin oak wreath, twenty-six acorns in wreath (3), rev P M Co cypher, 1791, THE PARIS MINERS HALFPENNY, first 1 points slightly to left of foot of Y of HALFPENNY, small date, edge PAYABLE X AT X CRONBANE X OR * IN * DUBLIN X * (Atkins p.285, 238a; D&H Anglesey 436a); rev 1's have sloping top (2), edge PAYABLE X AT X CRONBANE X OR * IN * DUBLIN X * (Atkins p.285, 239; D&H Anglesey 437); edge PAYABLE AT CRONEBANE OR IN DUBLIN (Atkins p.285, 239a; D&H Anglesey 437a); obv twenty-four acorns in wreath, rev first 1 points between N and Y of HALFPENNY (10), edge PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL (Atkins p.285, 240; D&H Anglesey 438); edge PAYABLE X AT X CRONEBANE X OR * IN * DUBLIN X * (Atkins p.285, 240a; D&H Anglesey 438a); edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL (2), large and small planchets (Conder p.8, 56; Atkins p.285, 240b; D&H Anglesey 438b); edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR LIVERPOOL (Atkins p.285, 240c; D&H Anglesey 438c); edge PAYABLE IN LONDON, the remainder . + . + . + (Atkins p.285, 240d; D&H Anglesey 438d); edge PAYABLE AT I + DENNIS LONDON . X . (Atkins p.285, 240e; D&H Anglesey 438e); edge PAYABLE AT RICHARD MAPLESDEN'S WINCHELSEA . X . + . (Atkins p.285, 240f; D&H Anglesey 438f); edge PAYABLE IN SUFFOLK - BATH OR MANCHESTER . X . (Atkins p.285, 240g; D&H Anglesey 438g); edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON (D&H Anglesey 438h); obv twenty-two acorns in wreath, rev first 1 points between N and Y of HALFPENNY, edge PAYABLE AT ANGLESEA LONDON LIVERPOOL, the N's retrograde (Atkins p.285, 241; D&H Anglesey 439); obv upper acorn of inside pair to left aligns with level of mouth (3), rev second 1 points slightly to left of centre of H of THE (2), edge PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL (Conder p.8, 58; Atkins p.285, 242; D&H Anglesey 440); edge PAYABLE X AT X CRONEBANE X OR * IN * DUBLIN X * (Atkins p.285, 242a; D&H Anglesey 440a); rev four acorns in a line above date (2), edge PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL (Conder p.8, 59; Atkins p.285, 243; D&H Anglesey 441); obv twenty-five acorns in wreath, edge PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL (D&H Anglesey 442). D&H 438g a little rough, fair, D&H 438c on a damaged planchet, extremely fine, others generally very fine to better than extremely fine, D&H 437a and 442 rare, D&H 438c very rare, D&H 438a, 438d, 438e, 438f, 438g and 438h exceedingly rare, an excellent run. (18)

Estimate: £250-300
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