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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 549

George II (1727-1760), Proof Farthing, 1730, young laureate and cuirassed bust left, rev. Britannia seated left, 1730 in exergue, edge plain, 4.56g, 6h (BMC [Peck] 857; S.3720), brilliant and with flashes of mint red in recesses of delicious chocolate brown lustrous fields, good extremely fine, very rare

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 1 September 1898 - £1.0.0
Spink Numismatic Circular, September 1898 (P.2985, no. 48137) - "Farthing, dated 1730, A beautiful proof. Rare. F.D.C." - £1.0.0

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