Extremely Rare Tin Farthing - Ex Slaney and Foster Collections

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1370. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ORANGE. William III & Mary. 1688-1694. Tin Farthing (5.53 g, 6h). Dated 1690. GVLIELMVS • ET • MARIA, jugate laureate busts right / BRITAN NIA •, Britannia seated left on globe, holding laurel branch in raised right hand, scepter in left; shield at side, 1690 in exergue. NVMMORVM (mullet) FAMVLVS • 1690 (mullet) (mullet) on edge. Peck 578; SCBC 3451. EF, attractive original surfaces with underlying luster, two tiny corrosion spots. Extremely rare.

From a North American Collection. Ex Slaney Collection (Spink 163, 15 May 2003), lot 251; Maj. A.W. Foster Collection (Glendining, 19 October 1953), lot 30.