Leicestershire
Lot 252 18TH CENTURY COPPER TOKENS Leicestershire
Estimate $1,200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,500
ELMSTHORPE, Richard Fowke's halfpenny, 1800 (D&H 2) a private token by Hancock. Attractive dark patina, minor rim nicks, good extremely fine and very rare, only 18 struck.
(Fowke (1716-1814) was a coin collector.) Purchased from R. Gladdle in 1986 (from C. Eimer 1/4/84).
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