439, Lot: 728. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
TOKENS, Norfolk. Yarmouth. CU Halfpenny (29mm, 11.20 g, 6h). Dated 1796. A female seated, holding a scroll, which is inscribed, BOULTER’S/ EXHIBITION/ OF/ NATURAL/ AND ARTIFICIAL/ CURIOSITIES in seven lines, YARMOUTH straight in exergue / UNDIQUAQUE COLLIGIT UR above, 1796 in exergue, three figures representative of Asia, Africa, and America presenting various curiosities to Britannia, who is recording them in a book. Edge: PUBLISHED BY JO
S DAN
L & JN
O BOULTER • * •. D&H 54. EF, some underlying red. Scarce.
From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.