Auction Catalogue

12 & 13 December 2016

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Lot

№ 3286

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13 December 2016

Hammer Price:
£120

Uncertain locality, a George III Halfpenny [1770-5], the rev. planed flat and stamped with two racehorses passing a winning-post, scrolls above and below, un-named, 30mm, 8.07g; a similar coin, the rev. planed flat stamped with a racehorse walking left, scroll below, floral border, un-named, 29mm, 7.57g (cf. Noble II, 1089 for style) [2]. First fine, second very fine and of excellent style, a very rare pair £150-200

Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin February 1924]; bt Baldwin.

Reverses only illustrated. Cokayne’s ticket suggests these might have been awarded for racing at Knaresborough, Yorkshire