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№ 258

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8 October 2024

Hammer Price:
£550

19th Century Tokens, STAFFORDSHIRE, Stafford, Flint Copper Co, Penny, 1811, value, rev. legend, edge grained, 15.38g/12h (W 1077; Bell, CCC p.173, this piece). Minor surface mark below value, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare; no others noted at auction in recent decades £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Tokens formed by John Pratt.

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R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 211; bt Dolphin Coins.

No such company is thought to have existed; the piece is believed to be of a specious nature