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Carmarthenshire, Carmarthen, John Morgan, uniface Pattern for the obv. of a Halfpenny, 1792, by J.G. Hancock, in copper, view of interior of ironworks, iohn morgans iron works and date around, caermarthen below, edge payable at london bristol and caermarthen, 14.68g (DH 1; Dykes, 2011, p.168, 150b, this piece). Usual flaw through iron, extremely fine and patinated, very rare £500-700

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

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Provenance: T. Bliss Collection; R. Dalton Collection; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1217 [from Baldwin 1979]; bt R. Gladdle August 1998