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Estimate $400
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SOLD $600
MIDDLESEX, London, B. Nightingale, halfpenny size private token, 1843, by W.J. Taylor, struck as a silver proof. (Bell A3; D&W 50). Attractively toned, FDC and very rare, only 12 struck.
Purchased from Spink in 1973. Adapted by Taylor from Mathew Young's die, the cabinet depicted was the latter's.
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