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№ 630

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£40

Mining, Cumberland, Whitehaven, Whitehaven Colliery, Sir John Lowther, copper, shield, rev. cypher, 29mm, 11.76g/12h (Finlay 7; D & W 291/108); Co Durham, BMC, Halfpenny or check, monogram, rev. ship, 6.97g/6h (W 1691; D & W 283/15) [2]. Fine, second very rare £40-60

The second piece was tentatively attributed to Bewicke Main Colliery, Kibblesworth, Co Durham, by Davis & Waters