Auction Catalogue

5 October 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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18th Century British Trade Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 653 x

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5 October 2011

Hammer Price:
£85

Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1787, bust right, queue tucked up into truncation, no stop after master, rev. man at forge, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 13.94g/12h (DH – [obv. unpublished, Warwickshire 349 rev.]). Minor scuffing in fields, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £50-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: Bt P. Flanagan October 1980 [as DH 362].

This distinctive bust has apparently not been noticed before