Yorkshire, Beverley, J. Green, Halfpenny, 1797, from the same dies as previous, edge york built am 1223 cathedral rebuilt ad 1075, 9.80g/12h (Withers 13f). Struck over a Lutwyche Anti-Slavery Society Halfpenny (DH Middlesex 1038c), virtually as made, obverse with considerable original colour, of the highest rarity; believed the only known specimen £600-800

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

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Provenance: Bt J.A. Bobbe July 2003