BRITISH COINS.AN OLD COLLECTION OF BRITISH FARTHINGS. William & Mary, Trial Brass Farthing, 1692, second conjoined laureate and draped busts right, GVLIELMVS ET.MARIA, rev Britannia seated left, date below in exergue, BRITANNIA., edge plain (Peck 588). Light adjustment marks both sides, otherwise practically as struck with mint brilliance, excessively rare.
ex Clarke-Thornhill collection, this coin presumed sold privately c.1937
ex Major A W Foster collection, Glendinings, 19 October 1953
ex Reverend Edgar Rogers collection, purchased by A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd c.1960, not 1950 as regularly stated
ex C W Peck collection
ex W J Noble collection, Glendinings, 28 November 1973, lot 33
ex Spink, purchased 27 February 1982, for
£1500, with old Spink ticket
ex Colin Cooke collection, 12 May 2006, lot 638
Estimate: £3500-4000