Auction: 8017 - Important British 18th Century Tokens
Lot: 231
Anglesey, mule Halfpenny, druid´s bust to left, rev. druid´s bust to left, R.D. below, edge PAYABLE AT THE GEORGE & BLUE BOAR (DH.417), from dies used but only slightly rusted, good extremely fine, bronzed, edge inscription weak, unique Estimate £ 500-600 PROVENANCE: Chetwynd, Christie, 30 July-2 August 1872 Lincoln ´No. 1 Collection´´ 1934 Three separate issuing houses - in Anglesey, Cornwall and London - are represented on this mule from Boulton´´s Soho mint. The ´obverse´´ is actually as DH.386-91, not 378
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