Auction Catalogue

14 February 2012

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World Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 1039 x

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14 February 2012

Hammer Price:
£600

Barbados, ST JAMES, Sir Philip Gibbes, uniface Trial for the obv. of a Penny by J. Milton [1792], in copper, negro head left, no m on truncation, 35mm, grid pattern cut into the surface of the flan, 35mm, 15.91g (Lyall 71; Prid. 18; cf. R.J. Ford I, 377). Spot below negro’s chin, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare; very few specimens known £800-1,000

Provenance: Bt Format 1983