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Sold on 8 April 2020

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The Brian Dawson Collection of British Tokens

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№ 302

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8 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£440

18th Century Tokens, Co ANTRIM, Ballymena, James Adair, Twopence, 1736, hare right with distinctive long paws, rev. i promise, etc, edge plain, 4.35g/12h (D 2-3 rev., obv. not represented). Obverse fine for this, reverse fair, extremely rare; the first specimen of this issue seen by the cataloguer in over 40 years £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Dawson Collection of British Tokens.

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The obverse is clearly from a different die to the four other obverses illustrated by Davis, plate N