Auction Catalogue

1 October 2014

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 529

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1 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£330

18th Century Tokens, AYRSHIRE, Ayr, William Fullarton, Restrike Pattern Shilling, 1799, by W.J. Taylor from dies by J. Milton, in copper, similar, edge plain, 10.21g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp.156-8; DH 5 bis II, thick flan). Extensive rust marks on obverse and a spot on cheek, otherwise virtually as struck £200-250

Provenance: London Coins Auction 116 (Bracknell), 3-4 March 2007, lot 1361.

With NGC slab tag [PF 65 BN] ascribing the coin to the ‘Cheshire’ collection, although this piece was not in the 2005 Goldberg auction of that collection