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

№ 1170

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7 October 2004

Hammer Price:
£100

Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, Christ’s College Gate, rev. globe, edge lettered, 24.15g/12h (DH 2 and Middlesex 115). Minor marks, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour (£90-120)

Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

Christ’s College, founded in 1506 by Margaret, Countess of Richmond and mother of Henry VII; the gateway was erected between 1505 and 1511