Davissons Ltd.
Auction 38 27 Feb 2019
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Middlesex 144 (Scarce). (Yorkshire) Skidmore's Globe Series. Æ penny. 18.57 gm. 35 mm. 1797. A ruined abbey; JACOBS in small type below; RUINS . OF . GISBOUROUGH . ABBEY . around, YORKSH below / A globe between a rose and a thistle; BRITISH PENNY above, 1797 below. Edge: I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY. Uncirculated; red and brown; slight spots on obverse; a few die polishing marks in the strike; a globe with longitude and latitude lines showing.
The Dr. Harry Salyards Collection. Ex Noble 1998.