Auction Catalogue

16 March 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British Trade Tokens

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

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Lot

№ 75

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16 March 2006

Hammer Price:
£320

Coventry, Edmund Percy, Penny, 1801, bust of Philemon Holland three-quarters left in ruff, rev. open book propped against two others, quill and ink-stand in foreground, edge penny token payable by e.w. percy coventry, 35.20g/12h (DH 44). Two minor spots of corrosion on reverse and has been lightly lacquered, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, extremely rare (£350-450)

Provenance:
Bt J. Bobbe.

18 struck