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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: 502

Seventeenth Century, [Douglas], John Murrey, Penny, 1668, denomination and initials, rev. triskelion (Q.48; Pr.45; M.14; Williamson 1), poor but extremely rare, lacquered Estimate £ 200-250John Murrey was an opulent trader or merchant in Douglas (Clay, p.50). In contrast to seventeenth-century tokens on the British mainland, the Murrey tokens were granted Legal Tender status, this by an Act of the Tynwald of 24 June 1679. On the same day in 1710 a further Act in effect demonetized them

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