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Beggars Badges, Kincardineshire, Ecclesgreig [St Cyrus], 1773, uniface cast lead, eglsgrig parish, No.11 above, date below, 54mm, 56.78g (K & L p.293; Mitchiner 5306; cf. DNW 48, 385; Brodie 515, this piece). With quadruple piercing for suspension and remains of old paper label adhering to back, very fine and extremely rare £100-150

Provenance: N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 515 [from Hamilton November 1976]