British Historical Medals
Lot 2577 SESSION 9 (4.30PM WEDNESDAY 20TH NOV) British Historical Medals
Estimate $110
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SOLD $140
LOVE TOKEN, created on a shaved down halfpenny (8.39g), obverse inscribed, 'John/Taylor/1771', reverse inscribed, 'Mary/Jones/1770'; another, also on a shaved down halfpenny (6.5g), obverse inscribed, 'IBS/1795' with the initials between parallel lines and decoration around, reverse similarly decorated and between parallel lines is inscribed 'AH'. Very fine. (2)
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