19th CENTURY TOKENS, Yorkshire. Sheffield. CU Penny Token (34mm, 16.38 g, 5h). Contemporary counterfeit(?). Dated 1812. VF.

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Lot: 854. Estimated: $ 100

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19th CENTURY TOKENS, Yorkshire. Sheffield. CU Penny Token (34mm, 16.38 g, 5h). Contemporary counterfeit(?). Dated 1812. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of George III right / Britannia seated left on Union shield, holding olive branch and trident. Edge: crudely center grained. Withers 1071; Davis 121. Brown surfaces, some marks and scratches. VF. Rare possible contemporary counterfeit.

Ex Francis Cokayne (†1945) (Part II, Dix Noonan Webb 155, 16 January 2019), lot 675 (part of); W. Norman (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 27 June 1905), lot 269 (part of).


Closing Date and Time: 29 November 2023 at 14:44:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.