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Auction: 19025 - Ancient, Indian and Islamic, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1304

Northumberland, Ouseburn, Yelloley's Pottery (c. 1780-1864), Countermark Dollar of 5-Shillings, stamped over 8-Reales, 1802-IJ, Lima, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, serrated circular punch obscuring neck and truncation inscribed . yelloley's pottery . ouseburn | 5/-, rev. crowned shield flanked by pillars, 26.71g (H E Manville, 2001, pp. 215, X107, second listed {this coin}), the countermark an early 20th Century concoction struck on an original host coin, this fair to fine with striking split at 12 o'clock, the stamp very fine, extremely rare

provenance
W J Noble, Noble Numismatics, Sale 58B, 7-8 July 1998, lot 1573 - AU$1,800
Purchased M R Roberts and B Winsor, 1989


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Sold for
£750