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№ 801

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3 October 2019

Hammer Price:
£700

PERTHSHIRE, Perth, John Ferrier, uniface restruck impression of the obv. die for Kempson’s Farthing, 1798, on a light copper planchet, vessels at quay-side, Monk’s Tower at right, edge plain, 27mm, 5.94g (DH 11 bis, but not noted in this metal). Die extensively rusted (as with the two silver specimens known), otherwise about extremely fine and as made, of the highest rarity £200-£400

Provenance: Bt T. Greaves 2004