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Sierra Leone, Macaulay & Babington, Restrike Proof Penny, 1807 [struck c. 1830], European and negro clasping hands, African village behind, rev. legend in Arabic, 36mm, 22.71g/12h (Vice 2; KM. Tn1.1a). Spot on c of designer’s initials, otherwise virtually as struck, bronzed £500-600

Provenance: SCMB April 1976 (R 644); E. Roehrs Collection, DNW Auction 95, 14 February 2012, lot 1288