Auction Catalogue

6 December 2012

Starting at 2:30 PM

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World Coins and Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 2059

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6 December 2012

Hammer Price:
£1,300

Australia, Miscellaneous, Birmingham, Charles Harrold & Co, Halfpenny-sized, charles harrold & co late joseph lane & son 2 st pauls sq birmingham, rev. refined australian copper for alloying gold, 13.09g/12h (R 187; Hawkins p.831, no. 2; KM. Tn290). Minor reverse rim nicks, otherwise about very fine, of the highest rarity, very few specimens known £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Australian Tokens from the Duncan Pennock Collection.

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Provenance: Bt J. Whitmore.

Charles Harrold & Co, 2-3 St Paul’s square, gold and silver refiners and rolled silver dealers, fl. 1876-1910, took over the Joseph Lane business in 1877