Lot 937
Birmingham, John Clarke (chemist, grocer...

Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£960
Estimate: £400 - £600
Description
Birmingham, John Clarke (chemist, grocer and coin collector) private halfpenny 1795, another but with die break on rev, edge evident, 29.5mm/13.05)gm. (DH 122), good Extremely Fine with beautiful and dark toning with a trace of lustre, cud on rev, edge which is the beginning of the die breaking which terminated the issue. Very rare (reportedly only 36 struck).

