Special Collections
Bath, Payne & Turner, Lutwyche’s Penny, crowned bust of Alfred the Great right, rev. tower and wall, edge we promise to pay the bearer one penny, 19.59g/6h (DH 7). Light surface metal flaws, otherwise about extremely fine and extremely rare, the only specimen seen by the cataloguer in commerce (£300-500)
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.
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Provenance:
Bt Spink 1976.
Missing from all the important collections auctioned in recent years, including Hamer, Lincoln, Waite-Sanderson, Longman, Jan, Young and Noble. Payne & Turner, silversmiths
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