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Mining, Cumberland, Dearham, Dearham Colliery, J[ohn] Paitson, copper, 1823, rev. bee-hive, 28mm, 8.68g/12h (Finlay 95; D & W 286/56); Tickle & Sons, brass, bee-hive, rev. legend, 28mm, 8.85g/12h (Finlay 96; D & W 286/57) [2]. Fine, second better and very rare £100-150

Provenance: D.C. Pottinger Collection [*first from A. Judd January 1996; second from H. Simmons July 1991).

John Paitson sunk a pit at Dearham Townend in 1823; Tickle & Sons, fl. 1830s