Baldwin & Sons
Auction 86 6 May 2014
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COINS, EUROPEAN TERRITORIES, ISLE OF MAN James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (1702-1736), Copper Penny, 1733, Stanley crest, the eagle with child upon cap of maintenance, frosted cap, date below, rev Triune (Pr 13; S 7408; KM 5a). Extremely fine, has been cleaned some time ago.
The cleaning gives this the appearance of a Bath Metal piece, but it is copper and appears to be struck from the same dies as the proof in the following lot. Pridmore mentions that Seaby's did an analysis of this in 1948 and found it to be 97.6% copper. Why he calls them bronze is most unusual, and I trust just a mistake.
Estimate: £100-150
The cleaning gives this the appearance of a Bath Metal piece, but it is copper and appears to be struck from the same dies as the proof in the following lot. Pridmore mentions that Seaby's did an analysis of this in 1948 and found it to be 97.6% copper. Why he calls them bronze is most unusual, and I trust just a mistake.
Estimate: £100-150