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Sold between 13 May & 11 February 2015

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The Collection of Engraved Coins formed by the late Richard Law

John Richard Law

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№ 1282

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13 May 2015

Hammer Price:
£600

Penny undertypes (10), all on 1797 issues, Isaac Howerth Ann Howerth Sally Howerth, crossed hearts, rev. Masonic compass, Fear God To Avoid many troubels which Outers Endure keep within Compass and you will be Sure; man greeting woman in country setting, rev. When in the world again we sever, May we meet in bliss for ever; crossed hearts and flowers, From John Paddison to Harriott Spink, rev. When this you see remember me and bear me in your mind let all the world say what they will speak of me as you find; crossed hearts, A heart that can feel for another, rev. To his Dear Mother, John Adams, son of John & Mary Adams, Born Jan. 19 1805; C.R., J.R., rev. crossed hearts, When this you see remember me tho many league perhaps we be; obv. only, The gift of E.H. to H.W. for fastening her shoe string; rev. only, David Allen, Mary Allen, April 9th 1807, Confusion to him Who persecutes the brave For he that does so Is an arrant Knave; rev. only, John Allen born January 28 1795; rev. only, cross on heart, When this you see think on me, W Griffiths 1826; rev. only, MS monogram, Mary Savory Born 3 June 1781, virtue’s the chiefest beauty of the mind, the noblest ornament of human kind [10]. Varied state, some of good style and worthy of further research £100-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Engraved Coins formed by the late Richard Law.

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Provenance: First and second bt S.H. Monks July 2011; third bt in Harrogate March 2003; fifth bt in York August 1997; sixth bt in Wakefield April 2011; seventh bt in Birmingham May 1998; ninth bt A. Cope May 2012; last bt H. Simmons April 1999.

Mary Savory was baptised at St Saviour’s, Southwark, on 24 June 1781