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Auction: 8017 - Important British 18th Century Tokens
Lot: 145

Warwickshire, Birmingham, Samuel Garbett, Halfpenny, his bust to right, rev. blank except for border teeth (DH.127), towards the centre of reverse the letter K punched lightly three times, to the left of this the letters RKE, with K above, punched almost invisibly, and several other light punch marks above all these; almost mint state, lustrous, extremely rare Estimate £ 600-700 ´Only four known´´ (Hamer sale, lot 406 note)

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