Lot 985
Coventry, John Nickson Silver proof...

Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£2,400
Estimate: £500 - £750
Description
Coventry, John Nickson Silver proof Halfpenny, 1799, Three-quarter bust of John Hales (founder of school) in cap without tassel, holding book, rev. Front elevation of the Free School, windows with latticework, edge plain, 29.5/20.43gm. (DH 304), thick flan – 3.75mm. almost ‘piedfort’, good Extremely Fine, toning with beautiful ‘blueish’ iridescence, of the highest rarity ‘RRR+’.
Ex. F S Cokayne Col., his ticket – bought 10 Feb 1932 for 30/-. Acquired AHB c. 1946.

