Auction Catalogue

1 October 1996

Starting at 1:00 PM

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The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 174

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1 October 1996

Hammer Price:
£410

18th Century, Angus, Dundee, issuer uncertain, Kempson’s Penny by J. Wright Jr, 1798, full-face portrait of Admiral Duncan, reverse Eve offering apple to Adam in garden of Eden, 23,000 INHABITANTS IN DUNDEE…BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY, edge plain (DH 6). Bronzed, brilliant and practically as struck, very rare (£120-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens.

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Bell, TT p.213