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Auction 148 18-20 Sep 2018
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Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Isle of Man
ISLE of MAN COINS, Tokens, Douglas, Atlas Fire Office (John Beatson and George Copeland), Halfpenny, 1811, similar, large obv. legend, rev. triskeles, douglas below, edge grained, 6.49g/6h (W 2078; Prid. 60; cf. DNW 132, 381). Only mediocre but clear, a great rarity; very few genuine specimens known, perhaps less than six examples £300-500
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Provenance: Bt J.N. Holman April 2007.
These pieces are almost always seen in commerce as electrotypes of the British Museum original by Robert Ready (cf. Guard 505). Described by Nelson in 1899 as a pattern, an opinion copied by Mackay in 1977, the condition of most of the survivors mitigates against this (Pridmore, p.25)
ISLE of MAN COINS, Tokens, Douglas, Atlas Fire Office (John Beatson and George Copeland), Halfpenny, 1811, similar, large obv. legend, rev. triskeles, douglas below, edge grained, 6.49g/6h (W 2078; Prid. 60; cf. DNW 132, 381). Only mediocre but clear, a great rarity; very few genuine specimens known, perhaps less than six examples £300-500
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Provenance: Bt J.N. Holman April 2007.
These pieces are almost always seen in commerce as electrotypes of the British Museum original by Robert Ready (cf. Guard 505). Described by Nelson in 1899 as a pattern, an opinion copied by Mackay in 1977, the condition of most of the survivors mitigates against this (Pridmore, p.25)