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№ 656

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8 October 2024

Hammer Price:
£150

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, George Austin, 1861 (W 5950; Whitmore, pl. 31, this piece); Kernan & Co (W 6140; Bell, UF p.182, no.19, this piece, incorrectly given as S.J. Organ collection) [2]. First very fine and very rare, second with some surface damage, otherwise good fine, extremely rare, the only specimen seen by the cataloguer in commerce £120-£150

T. Pardoe Collection, DNW Auction 31, 17 September 1997, lot 498 (part) [5950 with G. Ferguson 1976, from C. Brunel October 1985, 6140 R.N.P. Hawkins Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 March 1988, lot 325 (part), from M.J. Dickinson April 1989]