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5 & 6 June 2019

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Lot

№ 1126

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6 June 2019

Hammer Price:
£1,000

Gambling, CORNHILL, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, robed female standing between lottery wheels, nothing venture nothing have, rev. at the offices of richardson goodluck & co no. 12807 the last prize of £30,000 shared was sold in sixteenths, edge plain, 9.35g/6h (DH Middlesex 468). Usual obverse die flaw, extremely fine, reverse irregularly toned, extremely rare £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: A Collection of 18th Century Trade Tokens, Part II, Mark Rasmussen FPL 9, March 2006 (C 267)