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Auction 92  30 September 2014
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Lot 82

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 260 GBP
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BRITISH 18th CENTURY TOKENS, M Murphy, Copper Farthing, obv M: MURPHY . NO. 8 . WOOD s.t. DUBLIN . 1796, rev bowl inscribed WHISKEY, bunch of grapes above, two pipes crossed below, DEALER IN CANDLES around, edge plain (Conder p.194, 71; Atkins p.346, 181; D&H Dublin 399). The reverse a little weakly struck up in the centre, otherwise good extremely fine and rather scarce.
Murphy's obverse die was also paired with Denton's Three Blockheads (D&H Dublin 400) as well as that used for the reverse of Bryen's Farthing (D&H Dublin 388)

Estimate: £200-250
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