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18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection

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Lot 192

Date of Auction: 5th October 2011

Unsold

Estimate: £300 - £350

18th Century Tokens from the Dr Allen Bennett Collection

Cumberland, County series, James’ Lake Farthing, 1796, lakeland scene, rev. fence dividing two trees, edge plain, struck out of collar, 9.58g/12h (DH 2a). Flaw on rim at 6 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck with most attractive brown patina and a hint of original colour, very rare £300-350

Footnote

Provenance: SNC July-August 1972 (7663); SNC February 1973 (1439); W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 67; bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998