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Auction 39  1 Apr 2020
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Lot 217

Estimate: 250 USD
Price realized: 200 USD
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Middlesex 324. Hendon. Copper halfpenny. 7.06 gm. 28 mm. View of a church; HENDON. VALUE. ONE HALFPENNY around; 1794 below / A greyhound standing left; I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND around; B PRICE below. Plain edge. Uncirculated; even light brown tone over fresh surfaces.

The Mike Sussman Collection of British Trade Tokens.

Issued by B. Price who owned the public house "Greyhound." This piece was a genuine token for trade. Skidmore used the obverse die and muled it with some of his own designs. The "genuine" piece weighs a fraction of the weights of Skidmores mules (and, accordingly, a fraction of what it should weigh in order to trade as a copper halfpenny equivalent).

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