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№ 548

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2 October 2013

Hammer Price:
£90

19th Century Tokens, Somerset, Wiveliscombe, R. North & Co, Threepence, 1814, legend, counterstamped id. vearncombe, rev. female seated left, engraved m m in field, edge centre-grained, 56.70g/11h (cf. W 1227). Fair, the countermark interesting and worthy of research £30-40

Vearncombe, a surname believed to be of Devon origin, is occasionally met with at Wiveliscombe and the surrounding part of Somerset and some local research would probably uncover whether there was any link between R. North and Idris (?) Vearncombe