Unlocalised issues, Taylor’s restrike mule Halfpenny, from dies by J. Milton and N.-A. Ponthon [for M. Boulton], bust of Prince of Wales left, rev. female dropping herbs into a brick-still, edge plain, 10.56g/12h (Dyles, BNJ 2002, p.158; DH Ayrshire 8; Bell, TT p.116, this piece illustrated). Obverse die with light rust marks, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, extremely rare £400-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 177; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1262.

A concoction executed sometime after 1862 and not to be associated with the Ayrshire entrepreneur William Fullarton