Davissons Ltd.
Auction 38 27 Feb 2019
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Norfolk 54 (Scarce). Yarmouth. Æ halfpenny. 11.21 gm. 29 mm. 1796. A seated female holding a scroll advertising BOULTER'S EXHIBITION OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CURIOSITIES; YARMOUTH below / Figures representing Asia, Africa, and America giving "curiosities" to a seated Britannia; UNDIQUAQUE COLLIGITUR above, 1796 below. Edge: PUBLISHED BY JOS DANL & JNO BOULTER. Uncirculated; choice proof with faint die polishing marks on reverse; rich brown tone.
The Dr. Harry Salyards Collection. Ex Bowers and Merena 1995.
Written on the envelope: "The Boulter's museum included pictures, prints, books, and English coins and medals; fossils and minerals; and South Seas artefacts brought back by Captain Cook. ---notes preceding p. 185, D&H"