Auction Catalogue

16 March 2006

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Important British Trade Tokens

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 150

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16 March 2006

Hammer Price:
£120

Dublin, William Begg, Farthing, 1797, cypher above date, rev. legend in five lines, edge plain, 2.57g/6h (DH 382). Very fine, patinated (£70-90)

Provenance:
J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 92 (part)
W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1414 [from R. Gladdle 1983]