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№ 650

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2 October 2013

Hammer Price:
£80

London, Cabbage Society, 1814, brass, cauliflower and legend, rev. date in wreath, edge thread-milled, 38mm, 27.47g/12h (D & W 113/104; MG 1009-10; cf. DNW T12, 456). Scratch on obverse and other trifling marks, otherwise extremely fine, rare £90-120

It is possible that this piece may have a connection with a society of Jewish tradesmen who met in rooms in Paternoster row, underneath a cabbage painted on the ceiling