Auction Catalogue

7 October 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 495

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7 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£300

Countermarked Tokens, Perthshire, Doune, an indeterminate Georgian Halfpenny, one side countermarked payable at mrs somervills · down ·, 6.94g (Scott, SNC May 1980, 77.6A; D 120; ST –). Host coin worn almost flat, countermark fine and clear, very rare
£200-250

Provenance: E. Szaeur.

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