The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen Part I

Correspondence relating to the parcel, viz:




A 3-page ALS to Miss Campbell from Sir David Dundas, as from Inner Temple, EC, 8 April 1862, in an envelope entire, addressed to The Honble. Mary Campbell, Stratheden House, Knightsbridge, postmarked London E.C. 2 Ap 8 62, the Penny Red stamp from plate FC;
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A 3-page ALS to Mr Brooke [George Brooke] from Helen Farquhar, as from 11 Belgrave Square, S.W., March 14th [no year], in an envelope addressed to G.C. Brooke Esqre, Department of Coins & Medals, British Museum, W.C., with personal HLF monogram on the back, the letter evidently hand-delivered;
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Photocopies of marketing materials originated by Antony Wilson in 2008, of a detailed list of the coins in the parcel made by Marvin Lessen in 2010, and photographic copies of page 245 from the catalogue for Heritage Auction 3009, 23 April 2010, where the parcel is illustrated;
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A photocopy of ‘Pakenham History: Joseph Alfred Hardcastle MP and Nether Hall’;
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A copy of Spink’s Numismatic Circular, September 2010, including the article ‘A Little Cuerdale Parcel’ by Marvin Lessen and Antony Wilson;
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A Victorian silver Threepence, 1874, pierced and attached to a faded buff ribbon, believed to have belonged to Miss Campbell.
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The lot in good order and contained in a black folder £50-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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The ALSs read:
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“Dear Miss Campbell. About 20 years ago, a great quantity of coins & of silver was found at Cuerdale in Lancashire, 10,000 coins! Most of them like what you entrusted me with last Saturday. Strange to say, it is uncertain when they were struck, or how they came there – King Kenneth of Scotland is thought to be the monarch whose name is upon many of them – upon yours for instance – but I am not satisfied that this is the case. For more safety I placed the coins in your brother’s hands last night to return it to you at Stratheden House. Farewell. Yrs sincerely D: Dundas”
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“Dear Mr Brooke. My friend Miss Campbell brought me some coins to identify. I think they are Cnut, are they not? She is a great friend & I should be grateful if you would tell her as much as you can – I was much disappointed not to be able to come in again but the weather & my cold conspired against me – You will be glad to hear I have just had a fairly good account of Mr Grueber from Rome – but still rather lame. Yours sincerely Helen Farquhar”