Lot 790
Newcastle‑upon‑Tyne, Thomas Spence...

Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£576
Description
Newcastle‑upon‑Tyne, Thomas Spence Halfpenny 1795, Manned coal-barge sailing left, rev. shepherd lying under a tree, Cheviots behind, edge SPENCE X DEALER X IN X COINS X LONDON, 29.5mm/11.69gm. (DH 22), normal large obv die break, otherwise good Extremely Fine, trace of lustre and almost proof‑like – superb and scarce.
Ex. ‘an old Surrey Col.’ via Mark Rasmussen Sep. 2016

