Auction Catalogue

7 October 2004

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

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

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Lot

№ 1166

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7 October 2004

Hammer Price:
£1,200

Buckinghamshire, Stowe, Skidmore’s Farthing, 1796, Hermitage building with tree and grass in foreground, rev. built anno domo 1704 within two concentric circles, edge grained, 3.82g/1h (DH 29a; Preston-Morley 1056). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare (£800-1,000)

Provenance:
SNC May 1969 (12)
P. Preston-Morley Collection
SNC March 1972 (3435)
bt Spink 1975.

The building shown on the token is the Hermitage, designed and built by William Kent in 1731; the depiction shown is a mirror image taken from an engraving by G.L. Smith in
Gardens of Stowe, published by Benton Seeley in 1768