Auction Catalogue

24 & 25 June 2003

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

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

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Lot

№ 1252

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25 June 2003

Hammer Price:
£320

17th Century, Lincolnshire, Grantham, Andrew Poole, Farthing, 1657, 0.72g/9h (Smith 120; BW. 111). Good fine and extremely rare; only three other specimens known to the cataloguer (£100-150)

Andrew Poole (†1677), apothecary, Market place. The only other specimens known to the cataloguer are those in the British and Lincoln Museums, both of which are not as fine as the present example, and one in a private collection