Lot 1567

Sale 58 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes, The W.J.Noble Collection of British Tokens

Durham, South Shields, halfpenny, a countermark die consisting of a ship sailing right on a shield, so shield at top of shield struck on a light brown copper blank or worn halfpenny, (of Charles II?) striking crack in flan (Davis 30). Countermark nearly extremely fine and very rare.

Ex Glendinings Sale 19 NOvember 1975 (lot 547).