A Collection of Farthings, the Property of a Gentleman

James I (1603-1625), Harington issues, Type 2 (5), mm. cross saltire, 0.58g/6h (E 17b; BMC 48; Cooke 920; S 2676); mm. lis (4), 0.46g/6h (E 18b; BMC 49; Cooke 925-9; S 2676), 0.72g/6h, 0.43g/6h (both E 18f; BMC 49; Cooke 925-9; S 2676), 0.47g/6h (perhaps E 18g; BMC 49; Cooke 925-9; S 2676) [5]. Fine to very fine, last from heavily flawed obverse die £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Farthings, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: First bt M.J. Dickinson September 1988; second Spink Auction 16, 9-10 July 1981, lot 538 (part); third bt Spink