CNG 87, Lot: 2043. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES, Colonial & Related. Washingtonia. CU Halfpenny – Cent Token (28mm, 8.80 g, 6h). Hancock’s Washington Cent. Westwood’s mint in Birmingham. Dated 1791. WASHINGTON PRESIDENT, bust of George Washington left, in military attire; 1791 in exergue / LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY, ship under sail right on sea; two oak branches below. Edge: PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY DON (sic) OR LIVERPOOL · × ·. Breen 1223; Whitman W-10650; D&H 116. VF, some minor marks and edge nocks, along with usual die breaks. Extremely rare and historically interesting. Breen notes about 20 known.