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Auction 40  21 Nov 2019
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Lot 276

Estimate: 80 GBP
Price realized: 70 GBP
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Tokens, Hampshire, Emsworth, for circulation (?), halfpenny, 1795, bust of Howe l., rev. man-of-war, edge PAYABLE AT BANBURY OXFORD READING OR CHARLTON (DH./McK.29h – this specimen), with minor scuffs, scratches and rim knocks, otherwise fine to good fine, extremely rare, believed only the third recorded example
*ex Baldwin's Vault
The edge is arguably the originally intended reading for William Rusher's token (DH. Oxon. 1), though as far as is known it was used solely with DH. Hants. 29 dies. Charlton, near Wantage, and Charlton on Otmoor are possibilities, both being within 15 miles of Oxford. There is an example in the national Maritime Museum (MEC1805); another was sold in the Brown Collection (DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, in lot 168 (part)).
(80-100)
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