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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 597

Finsbury, Turnmill Street, R. B., pinhare of wake feild – man with spear (N.7996; BW.3241 var.), a little corroded and damaged, otherwise very fine, exceedingly rare Estimate £ 80-100 The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield was a 16th-century ballad about an official whose job it was to impound stray animals, and who tusselled with Robin Hood, Scarlet and John.

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£150