Baldwin & Sons
Auction 107 5 Oct 2022
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Coventry, Edmund Percy (lawyer and antiquarian), a pair of uniface trials of the unfinished obv. and
rev. dies intended for a white-metal Penny (as following two lots), obv : bust of Philemon Holland
three‑quarters left in ruff, right shoulder drapery prominent and no legend under bust, PHILEMON
HOLLOND M D, 36.5mm/10.37gm, rev : view of interior of the Coventry Free School but no window
tracery, no pews and no legend below 36.5mm/10.48gm, edges of both plain, (DH 39 bis, DH 40),
Extremely Fine, some original colour and of the highest rarity – possibly unique. [2]
Obv. ex Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part I, Mark Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005 (159); Ex. DNW 3 Oct. 2012, lot 337. Rev. ex Baldwins Basement sale, 29 Sep. 2015, lot 1610. These are almost certainly a pair – separated at some point in the last century.
rev. dies intended for a white-metal Penny (as following two lots), obv : bust of Philemon Holland
three‑quarters left in ruff, right shoulder drapery prominent and no legend under bust, PHILEMON
HOLLOND M D, 36.5mm/10.37gm, rev : view of interior of the Coventry Free School but no window
tracery, no pews and no legend below 36.5mm/10.48gm, edges of both plain, (DH 39 bis, DH 40),
Extremely Fine, some original colour and of the highest rarity – possibly unique. [2]
Obv. ex Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part I, Mark Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005 (159); Ex. DNW 3 Oct. 2012, lot 337. Rev. ex Baldwins Basement sale, 29 Sep. 2015, lot 1610. These are almost certainly a pair – separated at some point in the last century.