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Auction: 8017 - Important British 18th Century Tokens
Lot: 16

Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co., pattern Halfpenny, 1789, cypher R&Co, beehive and bees above, rev. female seated with cogwheel of eight spokes, one of them between her fingers, and drill, windlass behind, edge PAYABLE AT MACCLESFIELD etc. (DH.15), good extremely fine, lustrous, extremely rare Estimate £ 200-250 PROVENANCE: Atkins Collection Davis, Sotheby, 11-15 March 1901, lot 20 Hamer, Glendining, 26-28 November 1930, lot 47 The female´´s costumed right thigh is incomplete, suggesting this is a pattern

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