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Auction 33  30 January 2014
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Lot 310

Estimate: 750 USD
Price realized: 600 USD
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Devonshire. Plymouth. Brass, private token. 6.27 gm. 29 mm. GR monogram with a crown above; CUTLERY & FANCY GOODS / OYENS | WATCH MAKER & JEWELER | No. 60 FORE STREET DOCK | PLATED & SILVER GOODS | SWORDS & SWORD KNOTS | PEARL & DIAMOND | LOCKETS. Davis and Waters 341/7. (Missing in the Montague Guest Collection). Choice Extremely Fine; substantial original luster; lovely piece. Extremely rare. D&W: "Peter Oyens, Watchmaker, of Plymouth Dock, was declared a bankrupt on Jan. 28, 1797. ...included as (it) does not occur in Atkins' or Dalton's 18th Century Tokens." Apparently ex Cokayne (old Baldwin tag). Cataloger note: This piece was a more probable candidate for D&H than many of the pieces they did include.
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