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Auction T15 8 Nov 2017
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British Tokens from Various Properties
BRITISH TOKENS, 18th Century Tokens, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Samuel Cooley, Halfpenny, standing figure of Hope, ship at sea in background, rev. bee-hive and bees on shield flanked by spades, crown above, edge plain, 10.04g/6h (DH 306a, the plate piece). Slightly off-centre and with striking split, otherwise good fine, of the highest rarity; no other specimens traced by the cataloguer £300-400
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As neither Hamer not Dalton possessed an example of this great rarity, it is postulated that the token was once owned by F.S. Cokayne; if this assumption is correct, it would appear that Cokayne's original tickets do not seem to have survived
BRITISH TOKENS, 18th Century Tokens, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Samuel Cooley, Halfpenny, standing figure of Hope, ship at sea in background, rev. bee-hive and bees on shield flanked by spades, crown above, edge plain, 10.04g/6h (DH 306a, the plate piece). Slightly off-centre and with striking split, otherwise good fine, of the highest rarity; no other specimens traced by the cataloguer £300-400
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As neither Hamer not Dalton possessed an example of this great rarity, it is postulated that the token was once owned by F.S. Cokayne; if this assumption is correct, it would appear that Cokayne's original tickets do not seem to have survived