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LOT 2872
English Milled Coins - Anne - BM Electrotype Double Portrait Pattern Halfpenny 20th century A.D.
By Robert Ready. Obv: profile bust with ANNA D G MAG BR FR ET HIB REG legend. Rev: as obverse. Edge: with incuse RR stamped for Robert Ready. Extremely fine.(10.725 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Peck collection.
Property of a North London gentleman.
With a coin ticket.
Footnotes
Robert Cooper Ready (1811-1901) was hired by the British Museum in 1859 to make exact electrotype copies of coins, medals and seals for study and display purposes and some of these were gifted or sold to museums and collectors around the world; this practice was continued into the 20th century by his sons Charles and August until 1931; most are marked to the edge.
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LOT 2872
English Milled Coins - Anne - BM Electrotype Double Portrait Pattern Halfpenny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
By Robert Ready. Obv: profile bust with ANNA D G MAG BR FR ET HIB REG legend. Rev: as obverse. Edge: with incuse RR stamped for Robert Ready. 10.725 grams.
Extremely fine.
Ex Peck collection. Property of a North London gentleman. With a coin ticket.
Robert Cooper Ready (1811-1901) was hired by the British Museum in 1859 to make exact electrotype copies of coins, medals and seals for study and display purposes and some of these were gifted or sold to museums and collectors around the world; this practice was continued into the 20th century by his sons Charles and August until 1931; most are marked to the edge.
