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LOT 8901

Estimate
GBP (£) 80 - 100
EUR (€) 93 - 117
USD ($) 98 - 123

Price
 £54 (EUR 63; USD 66) (+bp*)

ENGLISH MILLED COINS - GEORGE III - 1797 - CARTWHEEL TWOPENCE PATCH BOX
18TH CENTURY A.D.

Georgian patch box formed from a 1797 cartwheel twopence coin with finely threaded obverse lid. (20.59 grams.). Very fine condition; few marks at edge.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired Whitton & Lang Auctions.
Property of a Kent gentleman.

LITERATURE:
For coin see S. 3776.

FOOTNOTES:
The practice of making small 'patch' or similar boxes from coins was popular in the 18th-19th century period; the large size of the 1797 cartwheel twopence coins made them especially suited to such use.

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