Lot 2731

Description

Coin ashtray, in brass (115mm) with copper replica coin (40mm) bearing bust of George III left, above and below in relief is the wording 'Impression From A Die Made By / Matthew Boulton At Soho 1804 / And Used To Convert / Silver Dollars Captured By / The English In The Spanish War / The Image Of Carolus III Being Thus Defaced.', base impressed 'AVER / M'. Coin very good, overall very fine.

See article, A Numismatic Ashtray by R.A.Dunstan B.E., in ANS Report, October 1968.