Auction Catalogue

16 March 2006

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Important British Trade Tokens

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

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Lot

№ 136

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16 March 2006

Hammer Price:
£230

Edinburgh, Anderson, Leslie & Co, Wright’s Proof Halfpenny, 1797, in silver, façade of Edinburgh University, rev. gardener holding spade and shrub, edge plain, 12.80g/6h (DH 8). Lightly cleaned and with minor rim nicks, otherwise about extremely fine, toned, rare (£180-220)

Provenance:
W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1295 [from Spink 1986]