363, Lot: 507. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRADE TOKENS, Cambridgeshire. Cambridge. James Burleigh. CU Penny (37mm, 29.97 g, 12h). Dated
1799. + HOBSON • CAMBRIDGE • CARRIER + 1596, Thomas Hobson on horseback right; DIED 1630/AGED 86 in exergue / + JAMES BURLEIGH’s TOKEN CAMBRIDGE + 1799, stone conduit erected by Hobson; HOBSON’S CONDUIT BUILT 1614. Edge: VALUE ONE PENNY PAYABLE AT CAMBRIDGE. D&H 9. UNC, mostly brown with traces of red. Rare.