Warwickshire, Coventry, John Nickson, Halfpenny, 1799, three-quarter bust of John Hales in cap without tassel, holding book, rev. from the same die as previous, edge coventry halfpenny payable by john nickson and date, 16.95g/12h (DH 304). Minor surface marks in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection, Christie’s Auction (New York), 4-5 December 1985, lot 340 (part); bt F. Seymour September 1994.

72 struck