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

№ 2223

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£4,300

Ireland, Co Kilkenny, Castlecomer, a Mexico, Charles IV, 8 Reales, 1801fm, obv. countermarked payable · at · castle · comer · colliery · around 5s 5d in oval, 26.75g/12h (Manville 108b, this coin; Seaby, BNJ 1965, pl.xv,10, this coin). Coin fine and toned, countermark very fine, very rare (£2,500-3,000)

Provenance:
F.S. Cokayne Collection
J. Sweeney Collection [from Baldwin 1954]
E. Szauer Collection [from Sweeney]
‘Dublinia’ Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 21 February 1997, lot 244
W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1623