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Sold on 15 December 2005

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Staffordshire 17th Century Tokens from the Geoffrey Kay Collection

Geoffrey Kay

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№ 1865

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£300

Willenhall, William Turner, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.43g/6h (N 4228; D 93C). Fine, reverse better, extremely rare; almost certainly the best specimen available to commerce (£150-200)

Provenance:
Bt N.A. Clark.

This, and the example sold in these rooms on 6 July 2005, lot 996, are both far superior to the Norweb specimen, which is pierced and battered