Auction Catalogue

8 November 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 228

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8 November 2007

Hammer Price:
£320

18th Century, Scotland, Perthshire, Doune, an Ireland, George III, counterfeit Halfpenny, rev. countermarked payable at mrs somervills · down ·, 6.14g (Scott, SNC May 1980, 77.6A; D 120; ST –). Host coin worn, countermark fine and clear, rare (£80-100)

The issuer may have been Isabella Keir (†1818), wife of William Somervil (†1793), vintner and distiller