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№ 1031

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3 October 2019

Hammer Price:
£190

Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, 1901 (4), copper (2), bronzed and bright aluminium, sun in splendour on a shield, large human eye as a crest, examine with care, revs. strive to make of every failure a stepping-stone to success, edges time adds value to this token rare, eye dividing two oak-leaves, all 35mm, 25.05g/12h, 24.42g/12h, 24.69g/12h, 7.24g/12h (W 3039; Bell, 1966, A6) [4]. Last with some marks and a small area of corrosion on obverse rim, others virtually as struck
£150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: First T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 395 (part); second Baldwin Auction 61, 26 May 2009, lot 454 (part); last with Spink, bt S.E. Schwer April 1985