Davissons Ltd.
E-Auction 31 28 Aug 2019
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Staffordshire 18. Lichfield. Æ halfpenny. 30 mm. 1796. Bust left, a small ornament below; DR SAML IOHNSON / A laurel wreath; LITCHFIELD TOKEN MDCCXCVI. PCGS MS64BN; particularly full strike of the high relief bust of Johnson, corresponding to a depression on the reverse (this happens when the flan is struck with sufficient force to virtually suck metal into the obverse die). Photographed through plastic.