373, Lot: 711. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRADE TOKENS, Gloucestershire. Badminton. CU Halfpenny (29mm, 9.02 g, 6h). Dated
1796. CORN IMPORTED BY GOVERNMENT 1796 (three stars), ship under sail right / 1s. WORTH OF BREAD 1795 · 96 (star) GOOD LORD DELIVER US (star), pair of scales with ground line below; one pan with loaf of bread, other with weight; 3 1/2 lb between pans. D&H 36. UNC, underlying luster.
From the Byron Schieber Collection.