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№ 347 x

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27 August 2020

Hammer Price:
£340

London, Soho, Robert Orchard, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), bust left, revs. anchor in shield, 9.47g/6h (DH 406g), wheatsheaf and doves, 7.58g/6h (DH 408) [2]. Usual die flaw on obverses, extremely fine, former rare £150-£200

Provenance: DH 406g W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 168 (part) [from R. Dalton November 1913]; Baldwin ‘Basement’ Part I, Baldwin Auction 92, 30 September 2014, lot 140 [the inference given in the Baldwin catalogue to the Dalton collection should be treated with caution as Dalton also dealt in tokens]