Auction Catalogue

17 March 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Celtic, British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 743

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17 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£60

George V (1910-1936), Halfcrown, 1922, a uniface squeeze in lead of the reverse die, as issued for currency, 32.64g (cf. ESC 769; cf. S 4021A). Good fine, perhaps made from a forger’s die; a curious and interesting item £30-50

Many lead forgeries were put into circulation in the 1920s and 1930s. It may be this is a forger’s ‘trial’ of his handiwork