Washington North Wales ‘Evasion’ Halfpenny

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1682. Estimate $750. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES, Pre-Federal. Washington tokens. CU Halfpenny. (27mm, 5h) ‘Evasion’ series. Uncertain British (Lutwyche’s [Birmingham]?) mint. Struck early 1790s. GEORGEIVS WASHINGTON, bust of Washington left / * NORTH WALES *, crowned harp. Whitman W-11150; Breen 1294. In PCGS encapsulation graded AU 50.