1794 TALBOT, ALLUM & LEE CENT - Muled with a 1793 Birmingham
Halfpenny Token
Rarity: Very RareVariety Equivalents:
Breen 1040
Edge: Lettered -
"LONDON" edge
Notes:
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Images courtesy of Stacks
Significant examples:
"Choice Uncirculated,
prooflike red and brown" (illustrated
above). Ex - Stack's "Americana" Sale, January 21-23,
2003, Lot 1057, plated, "...151.6 grains...finer than the nicest we
have seen (Patterson:2144)...the boy side strike being typically soft on
the head. The late Walter Breen is said to have seen this piece in
1985 and stated at the time that it was the finest he had encountered and
was undoubtedly one of the rare presentation strikes."
Patterson:2144
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Walter
Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by
Walter Breen (purchase a copy by clicking on the title)
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