Auction Catalogue

28 September 2011

Starting at 1:00 PM

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World Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 3122 x

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28 September 2011

Hammer Price:
£5,500

Essequibo and Demerara, George III, Pattern Penny/Stiver mule, 1813, by T. Wyon, in copper-gilt, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. crowned harp, edge centre-grained left, 19.01g/6h (Prid. 67, this coin). Brilliant and extremely rare £1,500-2,500

Provenance: A.W. Foster Collection, Glendining Auction, 19 October 1953, lot 159; R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 420 [from Baldwin]