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Auction 144 21 Feb 2018
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Coins and Medals of Malta, the Property of An Officer Brother of the Order of St John
WORLD COINS, Ferdinand von Hompesch, 30 Tarí, 1798, pellet below bust, 29.69g/12h (RS p.205, 8; Schembri p.188, 3; KM. 345.3). Nearly extremely fine £200-260
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Coins with pellet below bust (or rarely in front of the Grand Master's face) are generally thought to have been struck by the French during their occupation of the island in 1798. Interestingly, all these coins have a die-axis of 12h, while the others have the more usual Maltese die-axis of 6h
WORLD COINS, Ferdinand von Hompesch, 30 Tarí, 1798, pellet below bust, 29.69g/12h (RS p.205, 8; Schembri p.188, 3; KM. 345.3). Nearly extremely fine £200-260
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Coins with pellet below bust (or rarely in front of the Grand Master's face) are generally thought to have been struck by the French during their occupation of the island in 1798. Interestingly, all these coins have a die-axis of 12h, while the others have the more usual Maltese die-axis of 6h