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Auction: 21124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 9: British and World Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 5759

The Abramson Collection of English Coins | George II (1727-1760), 'Old Head' Farthing, 1754, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. Britannia seated left, date in exergue, edge plain, 4.96g, 6h (BMC [Peck] 892; Pywell-Phillips 415; Spink 3722), handsome chocolate patina, residual mint flare in deepest recesses, otherwise extremely fine, the portrait better

Provenance
The Dr Tony Abramson Collection of English Coins
~ Leeds City Museum, Winter Exhibition, 1994/95 ~
Purchased January 1987

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Sold for
£90

Starting price
£80