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Auction 41  16 Mar 2022
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Lot 276

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 120 USD
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Shropshire 10. Coalbrook Dale. Copper halfpenny. 12.65 gm. 29.5 mm. Designed by Wyon; manufactured by Kempson. 1792. A high bridge with a ship sailing underneath; ERECTED ANNO 1779 SPAN 100 FEET above; IRON BRIDGE AT COALBROOK DALE around, 1792 below / A large machine with a man tending it; INCLINED PLANE AT KETLEY 1789 below. Edge: PAYABLE AT COALBROOK DALE AND KETLEY. Uncirculated; attractively toned; small die flaw at "K" of COALBROOK on reverse. A design that exemplifies the emerging engineering skills of the Industrial Revolution in England.

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