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Estimate $400
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SOLD $440
ST. EUSTATIUS, Herman Gosling, 1 Bitt, 1771 in brass (22.5mm) (Pr.p.263, fig 45; Lyall 452; Rulau 1). Very fine and rare.
Purchased from Spink in 1987. Struck during the British Administration 1781-1814, the bitt (or real) equalled twelve and a half cents.
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