Warwickshire
Lot 968 Warwickshire
Estimate $450
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BIRMINGHAM G. Barker's halfpenny, 1799, struck in white metal, bust of mercury left/clasped hands above ruins of altar, edge plain (D&H 69a). Tin pest or minute blistering over surface otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare, only 12 struck.
Ex T.A. Jan (part II, lot 113) Collection (purchased from Baldwin in 1962).
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