USA, St Patrick’s coinage, Halfpenny (Nelson pl.ii, 14, same dies; Breen 199), Farthings (2) (Breen 206 [same dies], 208) [3]. First worn, others with brass plugs, about fine and better £450-500

Provenance: First and third R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 188; second H.F. Guard Collection, Spink Auction 182, 29 June 2006, lot 572

Revised estimate £450-500