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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2486

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 80 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, SCOTLAND, Joseph Archibald, seed and nurseryman, Copper Halfpenny (5), 1796, obv palm branch, DITAT SERVATA FIDES . JOS . ARCHIBALD . SEEDSMAN . EDIN, rev SELLS GARDEN, GRASS, & FLOWER SEEDS, FRUIT TREES, comma after GARDEN and after GRASS, R of GRASS initially punched in upside down and then corrected (4), edge milled (Conder p.64, 1; Pye p.18, 8; Virt p.193; Atkins p.310, 6; D&H Lothian 9); edge plain (Atkins p.310, 6a; D&H Lothian 9a); obv shield of arms, DITAT SERVATA FIDES . JOS . ARCHIBALD . SEEDSMAN . EDIN, eight dots between JOS and DITAT (2), edge milled (Conder p.64, 2; Pye p.18, 7; Virt p.164; Atkins p.310, 7; D&H Lothian 10); edge plain (D&H Lothian 10a); obv dot after each word in legend, star between JOS and DITAT, rev no comma after GARDEN or after GRASS, edge PAYABLE AT THE SHOP OF JOSEPH ARCHIBALD ***** (Atkins p.311, 9; D&H Lothian 12). D&H 10a softly struck on a thin planchet, otherwise very fine for issue, others generally nearly extremely fine, D&H 10a very rare. (5)

Estimate: £100-150
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