Staffordshire
Lot 833 18TH CENTURY COPPER TOKENS Staffordshire
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $560
LICHFIELD, Richard Wright's penny, bust to left of Richard Greene/west porch of Lichfield Cathedral, 1800 (D&H 2) a private token. Proof-like obverse, attractive light red and bluish brown toning, uncirculated and very rare, only 72 struck.
Purchased from Spink in 1973.
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