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Auction: 8017 - Important British 18th Century Tokens
Lot: 126

Somerset, Bristol, Hawkins Bird, Halfpenny, 1793, church tower and spire, no inner legend, rev. East India House, London, edge plain (DH.88a), good extremely fine, toned, extremely rare Estimate £ 250-300 This can be seen as a pattern. For the issue for circulation the inner legend WINE STREET NO2 BRISTOL was added to the obverse die

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