LOT 3460
Russian Empire. Catherine II AE Restrike Token. Dated 1791 (restrike). Commemorative issue of Peace with the Turks (Porta).
Monogram of Catherine II / МИРЪ СЪ ПОРТОЮ ДЕКАБРЯ 29 ДНЯ 1791 ГОДА (''Peace with Porta 29 December 1791 year'') in four lines. Rudenko 1791.3; Bitkin HЖ1399. Good Very Fine. Very Rare.(9.49gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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United States of America. Washington & Independence AE Token. Dated 1793.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
WASHINGTON & INDEPENDENCE, laureate and draped bust to left, date below / UNITED STATES, Liberty seated to left, holding olive branch in right hand and liberty cap on pole in left hand. Vlack 13/J; Musante GW-106; Baker 2; W-10300. 7.04gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Ex B.A. Seaby Ltd, London W1. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. With old handwritten Seaby packet. -
England. Colnbrook, Edmund Slocombe AE Farthing Token. Dated 1653.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
★ EDMVND ♦ SLOCOMBE around three stags / ★ IN • COLEBROOKE ♦ 1653 around •S• E • D in two lines. Williamson 48. 0.97gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Found Windsor and Maidenhead, UK. -
England. Pre WWI Commemorative 'Victoria Penny' AE Token. 20 November 1913.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Engraved on a host Victorian penny dated 1889, to the edge: E.ARBUTHNOT., with 20 NOV 1913 in three lines to the centre; which could refer to several individuals, including the novelist E. Arnot Robertson (real name Eileen Arbuthnot Robertson Turner), the artist Mary E. Arbuthnot, or the businessman and optometrist Edward Victor Arbuthnot. 9.23gr, 32mm, 10h.
Engraving Very Fine / Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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