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Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, James Burleigh, Trial Penny, 1799, in white metal, Thomas Hobson on horseback right, rev. water tower on cobbled square, unfinished die with no inner legend or artist’s name, edge plain, 30.75g/12h (DH 8). Minor blistering on rider’s leg, otherwise about extremely fine, extremely rare £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection; T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 20; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 40; bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998