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E-Auction 32  23 Oct 2019
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Lot 131

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 120 USD
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Hampshire 13. Emsworth. Æ halfpenny. 28 mm. 1794. Bust of Earl Howe left; EARL HOWE & THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE around / Britannia seated left; RULE BRITANNIA 1794 around. Edge: PAYABLE AT LONDON LIVERPOOL OR BRISTOL. PCGS MS64BN; rich brown surfaces with underlying luster evident.


June 1, 1794: Admiral Howe successfully engaged a grain convoy from the US bound for France off the western-most point of France at the beginning of the French Revolutionary War.

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