Auction Catalogue

19 March 2009

Starting at 10:30 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 437

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£180

18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Coventry, John Nickson, Halfpenny, 1799, three-quarter bust of John Hales in cap with tassel, holding deed with two seals, rev. elevation of the Free School, windows with lattice-work, edge halfpenny payable by john nickson and date, 17.03g/6h (DH 306 variant). About extremely fine, extremely rare £150-200

15 struck before the obv. die broke. The word coventry is missing on the edge and, indeed, there is no space for it