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№ 1271 x

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14 February 2012

Hammer Price:
£720

St Lucia, Coaling Tokens, CASTRIES, Chastanet, uniface brass Sixpence, similar, 38mm, 13.50g (Lyall 467, this piece illustrated; Devaux type 2, this piece illustrated; Prid. 14, this piece illustrated). Central hole, some staining, otherwise very fine, of the highest rarity; believed the only known specimen £400-600

Provenance: J.K. McDowell Collection, Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 15 November 1989 (1221, part).