Countermarked Silver Dollars
Lot 1570 Countermarked Silver Dollars
Estimate $160
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MANCHESTER, Mary Hampson & Son, halfpenny, a countermark die Mary Hampson & Son around MAN/CHES/TER in the centre in three lines on a very worn early halfpenny, possibly George II or more likely a halfpenny size blank (Davis 32). Weak in centre otherwise very fine and very rare.
Purchased from Seaby in 1969.
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