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Auction 39  1 Apr 2020
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Lot 298

Estimate: 1850 USD
Price realized: 1700 USD
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SCOTLAND. Fifeshire 1 (R). Copper penny. 29.97 gm. 36 mm. A private token designed and issued by J. Boog Jr. High relief bust of Adam Smith right; THE PENNY OF SCOTLAND (1-oz) around above; 17-97 at the two ends of the exergual line; ADAM SMITH | L• L• D: F. R• S. BORN AT KIRKALDY 1723 around below / Agricultural implements, bales, a cart, a spinning wheel, a fire in a forge, sailing ships in the distance; WEALTH OF NATIONS around above; BOOG. JUNR | DES below, two thistles, stems crossed; P KEMPSON FECIT in small reversed letters below along rim. Uncirculated; prooflike surfaces; a piece of particularly fine work. Rare.

The Mike Sussman Collection of British Trade Tokens.

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