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A Collection of Irish Tokens, Tickets and Passes, the Property of a Gentleman

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№ 175

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27 August 2020

Hammer Price:
£360

18th Century Tokens, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Prattent’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, arms, rev. hs & co cypher, edge payable in lancaster london or bristol, 9.28g/6h (DH 23a). Traces of undertype visible [believed to be a counterfeit Macclesfield Halfpenny], extremely fine, reverse with original colour, extremely rare £150-£200

Provenance: J. Atkins Collection; L.L. Fletcher Collection, Glendining Auction, 14-15 March 1934, lot 41 (part) [from J.A. April 1904]; Baldwin Auction 52, 25 September, 2007, lot 872