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Auction: 1009 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 245

Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Bewick Main Colliery, Shilling, 1811, obv. ship at coal staith, John Robertson, Shilling, 1811, City arms etc., rev. Commerce (D. 4, 10); Durham, Stockton, Christopher and Jennett, Shilling, 1812, obv. castle over anchor (D. 2); Not Local, Sixpences (2), revs. female on cannon (D. 18, 19), second, third and fifth good fine or better, second scratched in fields, test mark on edge, but very rare, third rare; first and fourth good very fine or better (5) Estimate £ 110-130 Sixpences of the type in this lot are said to have been issued by Christopher and Jennett of Stockton (Mays, pp. 97-8). provenance Northumb. 10: Format, List 65, November 2005, no. 6117

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