Auction Catalogue

19 March 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes. Includes the Ellen Judson Collection of British Tokens (Part II)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 579

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19 March 2003

Hammer Price:
£170

Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third coinage, Halfpenny, Tower, no mm., Lombardic lettering, trefoil stops, rev. pellet in annulet in centre, 0.25g/7h (Whitton a; N 1859; S 2385). Legends weak in places, otherwise very fine, very rare thus (£180-200)

Provenance:
T.W.J.D. Dupree Collection [bt by Spink, 1989];
R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 183.

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