Auction Catalogue

1 October 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 470

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1 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£260

17th Century Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Knaresborough, Tho[mas] Bucke, Halfpenny, 1.69g/12h (N –; D –; Spencer, The Searcher, November 2013, p.10, this piece). Contemporary nail piercing, fair to fine, extremely rare; believed the only known specimen £150-250

Provenance: Found near Knaresborough 2013.

Sold with relevant magazine cutting. The full reading is:
tho · bvcke · grocer · his · half, a buck, rev. peny · in · knairesborovgh, tb monogram