Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 682
NGC MS65 BN | MIDDLESEX, London, George Bayly, Halfpenny, undated, A CROCODILE TO BE SEEN ALIVE AT G. BAYLYS MUSEUM FOR, crocodile at water edge, rev. ALL SORTS OF NATURAL HISTORY 242 PICCADILLY, rattlesnake and a tree, plain edge, 6h, 12.06g (D&H 253), softly struck to parts of legend, with a pleasing mirror brilliance to light brown and partially red fields, handsome struck-up design, pleasing extremely fine, in NGC holder, graded MS65 BN (Cert. #8220550-002)
Provenance
The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8220550-002/65/
George Bayly was a dealer in all kinds of exotic and foreign birds and animals and had a Museum (Menagerie) just opposite St. James's Church in Piccadilly.
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£480
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