Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 503

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£380

19th Century Tokens, Co Dublin, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Kinnier, uniface pewter Farthing, bust of Bishop Blaize right, kinnier 64 lo[—] around, 4.58g (DH –; Seaby Ireland p.153, –). About fine, of the highest rarity; only one other specimen known to the cataloguer
£80-100

Provenance: ‘Dublinia’ Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 21 February 1997, lot 233; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1442; W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 346; S.A. Bole Collection [from C. Denton].

Kinnier’s glass warehouse was listed at 64 Lotts, at the rear of Abbey street