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Auction: 6013 - Edward III (Double Leopard) The Hilary F Guard Collection of Manx Related Items Ancient, Islamic, English & Foreign Coi
Lot: 487

James Murray, a contemporary forgery of the Penny, 1758, overstruck on a (probably genuine) Irish Halfpenny dated 1769, type uncertain, 7.96g (Q.19; cf. Caine, in lot 2723), good fine, lacquered, an interesting rarity Estimate £ 100-130This coin was the subject of the article ´Things are not always what they seem´ by Michael Dolley and Hilary Guard in The Manxman, vol. 8 (1978), pp. 36-38.

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