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

№ 595

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£80

Beggars Badges, Angus, Forfar, brass, similar, back stamped 167, 90mm, 184.16g (K & L p.294; Brodie 503, this piece). Very fine and extremely rare; pierced twice at top for suspension £100-150

Provenance: Christie’s Auction (Glasgow), 15 October 1981, lot unspecified, N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 503