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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2408

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 260 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, WALES, Uncertain Issuer, Specious Copper Halfpenny (12), obv Druid's head left within thin oak wreath, twenty-five acorns in wreath, no acorns at tie, rev P M Co cypher, 1791, PROMISSORY HALFPENNY (2), edge PAYABLE AT ANGLESEA LONDON OR BRISTOL (Atkins p.286, 246; D&H Anglesey 446); edge PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL (Conder p.220, 84; Atkins p.286, 246a; D&H Anglesey 446a); obv twenty-four acorns in wreath, rev 1793 (3), edge PAYABLE AT ANGLESEA LONDON OR BRISTOL (Atkins p.286, 247; D&H Anglesey 447); edge LONDON ////// ANGLESEA ////// OR ///// BRISTOL //////, the N's retrograde (Atkins p.286, 247a; D&H Anglesey 447a); edge milled (Atkins p.247b; D&H Anglesey 447b); obv thirty-one acorns in wreath, rev PAY THE BEARER ONE HALFPENNY (2), edge PAYABLE AT LONDON OR ANGLESEA (D&H Anglesey 448a); edge engrailed (Conder p.220, 86; Atkins p.286, 248a; D&H Anglesey 448b); obv twenty-three acorns in wreath, rev PAY THE BEARER ONE HALFPENNY 1794 (2) edge PAYABLE AT LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL (Conder p.220, 87; Atkins p.286, 249; D&H Anglesey 449); edge plain (D&H unlisted, noted as D&H 449a); obv twenty-four acorns in wreath, rev cypher R M Co, 1793, PAY THE BEARER ONE HALFPENNY (3), edge coarse milled (Atkins p.286, 250; D&H Anglesey 450); edge fine milled (Conder p.220, 88; Atkins p.286, 250a; D&H Anglesey 450a); obv thirty-one acorns in wreath, edge milled (Conder p.220, 89; Atkins p.286, 251; D&H Anglesey 451). Generally very fine to extremely fine, D&H 447b struck on large planchet and of an earlier die state than 447 or 447a, D&H 447 and 448a very rare, D&H 449a and 450b extremely rare. (12)

Estimate: £200-300
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