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

№ 1259

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7 October 2004

Hammer Price:
£140

Hampshire, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, view of Cowes Castle, rev. arms, edge lettered, 23.99g/7h (DH Middlesex 150). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour (£100-150)

Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

Cowes Castle was built in 1539 as part of Henry VIII’s chain of coastal defences. By the early 19th century it had become the maritime residence of Lord Anglesey, following whose death in 1854 the government leased it to the Royal Yacht Squadron, whose home it is today