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14 February 2012

Hammer Price:
£1,500

Barbados, ST JAMES, Sir Philip Gibbes, Penny, 1788, negro head left, rev. value around pineapple with small base, 32.5mm, 13.95g/12h (Lyall 62; Trudgen 1+B; Prid. 11; KM. Tn5). Significantly double struck and with segment missing from edge, otherwise extremely fine, unusual £60-80

Provenance: R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 374 (part)