Lot 983

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

Birmingham, J.G. Hancock's halfpenny, 1800, bust of Sir Original right/legend THIS IS MY WORK JOHN GREGORY HANCOCK AGED 7 YEARS 1800 in exerque INDUSTRY PRODUCETH WEALTH (C over S in produceth) (D&H 140). Subdued but considerable original mint red, nearly uncirculated and rare.

Purchased from Baldwin in 1979 (old ticket marked Spink on 3/13).