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№ 1948

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£850

Hackney, David Rebello, Skidmore’s mule Penny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. cap of Liberty on pole, sheffield constitutional society, i promise edge, 24.62g/6h (DH 18a). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour, very rare (£600-800)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Eighteenth Century Tokens from a Private Collection.

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Provenance:
Glendining Auction, 6 June 1990, lot 449
W J Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction [Melbourne], 7-8 July 1998, lot 272
D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1383 [from R. Gladdle via Baldwin].

The edge inscription is as stated in DH, not as rendered in the 1990 update