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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Lot

№ 2103

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£550

Lambeth, Prattent’s Penny, [17]96, standing figure of George Cook, smoking pipe and holding a mug and a keg, rev. sr. g · cook fruiterer greengrocer & oyster merchant stangate lambeth, vegetables around, edge value one penny at p. decks post office bury 1794, 18.83g/6h (DH 1a). Struck over a Penny of Philip Deck of Bury St Edmunds [DH Suffolk 4], two striking cracks, otherwise extremely fine with a little original colour, very rare (£400-500)

Provenance:
M. Rasmussen FPL 8, Summer 2005 (142)