Lot 1007
West Midlands, John Wilkinson...

Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£360
Estimate: £200 - £300
Description
West Midlands, John Wilkinson Contemporary Forgery of a Farthing 1793, bust of Wilkinson right, rev. man at a drop hammer, edge diagonally milled, 23mm/4.39gm. (DH 374a this piece), struck from halfpenny dies - good Very Fine, toned. Of highest rarity – Unique and the D&H plate coin.
Ex. F S Cokayne Col., his ticket – ex W J Davis sale Sotheby’s Mar 1901; bought 26 Nov 1930 ex Hamer Col. via Glendining’s, lot 437 with 2 others, for 46/-. Acquired AHB c. 1946

