Lot 987
Coventry, Thomas Sharp (antiquarian,...

Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£1,440
Estimate: £400 - £600
Description
Coventry, Thomas Sharp (antiquarian, token designer and collector) Uniface die trial of incomplete obverse of his halfpenny (1797), Female personification of Coventry seated – without sword or legend, rev. blank, edge plain, 28mm/6.72gm. (DH 307), scratches under her right arm – possibly design ideas (?) otherwise, Extremely Fine and nicely patinated. Of the highest rarity – possibly only two in existence ‑ the other being the DH plate coin.
Ex. F S Cokayne Col., his ticket – bought 27 Nov 1930 ex Hamer Col. via Glendining’s, lot 417 (with next), for. £6/5/‑. Acquired AHB c. 1946.

