Great Britain Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 2131 Session 8 (2.30pm Wednesday 21st November) Great Britain Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $480
MIDDLESEX, Spence's Halfpenny, END OF PAIN with a man hanging on a gibbet with a church in the distance, reverse MAY THE KNAVE OF JACOBIN CLUBS NEVER GET A TRICK, (D&H 831a). Extremely fine.
Legend refers to Thomas Paine, radical writer, author of "The Rights of Man", supporter of American independence and of the French Revolution.
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