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Auction T17 3 Oct 2019
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19th Century Tokens from the Collection of the Late Francis Cokayne (Part III)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Newark, Thomas Stansall, Charles Moore, Richard Fisher, William Fillingham, William Readett and Thomas Wilson, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, castle, River Trent in foreground, rev. legend around names of issuers, edge neatly centre-grained, 18.41g/6h (W – [dies of 881]). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, of the highest rarity, most attractive; perhaps only two others known [Bliss, lot 882 and Cokayne I, lot 3299] £400-£600
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Provenance: T. Lloyd Collection, Sotheby Auction, 10-14 May 1878, lot 278 (part); bt Spink October 1905.
This provenance was given, in error, to the slightly inferior coin sold in these rooms, 3 October 2018, lot 3299: that coin was in reality bought by Cokayne from Spink in July 1904
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Newark, Thomas Stansall, Charles Moore, Richard Fisher, William Fillingham, William Readett and Thomas Wilson, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, castle, River Trent in foreground, rev. legend around names of issuers, edge neatly centre-grained, 18.41g/6h (W – [dies of 881]). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, of the highest rarity, most attractive; perhaps only two others known [Bliss, lot 882 and Cokayne I, lot 3299] £400-£600
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Provenance: T. Lloyd Collection, Sotheby Auction, 10-14 May 1878, lot 278 (part); bt Spink October 1905.
This provenance was given, in error, to the slightly inferior coin sold in these rooms, 3 October 2018, lot 3299: that coin was in reality bought by Cokayne from Spink in July 1904