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21 & 24 March 2016

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№ 1368

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24 March 2016

Hammer Price:
£1,600

Death of Captain Cook, 1779, a white metal medal, unsigned, bust three-quarters right, rev. kill’d by indians at o’why’hee february 14 1779, oak branches in exergue, 37mm (BHM 219; E 779; Betts 554). Has been plated, wear to the high points, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £1,500-2,000