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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 758

NGC MS65 BN | *Top Pop* | LOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Register Office, Halfpenny, 1796, EDINBURGH HALFPENNY, façade of building, REGISTER OFFICE FOUNDED 1774 , in exergue, rev. BRITANNIA., Britannia seated left, ship behind, plain edge, 6h, 10.89g (D&H 52), usual die flaw to the obverse, near brilliant fields and hints of mint red, a pleasingly medallic reverse, good extremely fine and scarce, one of only 100 believed struck, in NGC holder, graded MS65 BN, Joint Finest Certified (Cert. #8220549-014)

Provenance

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



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Dalton and Hamer write, 'Of the tokens designed by J. Wright, Junr., having on the obverse a presentation of the Register Office, 100 were struck. Wyon was the die-sinker, Kempson the manufacturer. A die-flaw appears on the obverse of some of the tokens. There is a possibility that these were issued by John Wright, of High Street, who issued a small amount quantity of another design, in brass, advertising his goods.'

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Sold for
£120

Starting price
£5