Auction Catalogue
Gloucestershire, Gloucester, issuer uncertain, Shilling, 1811, arms, no stops in legend, rev. Cathedral, edge grained, 3.90g/12h (D 5 and Mayes 5bis). Virtually as struck, obverse with streaky tone, reverse with mint bloom £80-£100
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 19th Century Tokens formed by John Akins.
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Provenance: Bt S.H. Monks December 2010.
D 5 and Mayes 5bis are one and the same; the omission of a stop after county is a printer’s error and clearly the same reverse die was used for D 5 and D 6
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