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19th Century Tokens from the Collection of the Late Francis Cokayne

Francis Cokayne

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№ 885

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3 October 2019

Hammer Price:
£1,100

WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Edward Thomason, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, bust left in wreath, rev. value, edge neatly grained, 18.53g/12h (W 281b; cf. DNW 66, 935). Struck from rusted dies and fields hairlined, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, extremely rare £500-£700

Provenance: Sir George Chetwynd Collection, Christie’s Auction, 30 July-2 August 1872, lot 48 (part); W.J. Davis Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-15 March 1901, lot 436