Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Tickets and Passes, Important British Trade Tokens, Coin Weights

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

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№ 1976

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£550

Newmarket, Wyon’s Penny, 1799, two racehorses passing winning post, rev. legend, craven meeting, etc, edge plain, 23.22g/12h (DH 11; D & W 323/19). Tiny edge nick at 9 o'clock on obverse, minor scratches in obverse field visible on close inspection, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare (£500-600)

Provenance:
J. Spingarn Collection
D.E. Litrenta Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 1269