Stack's Bowers Galleries

November 2020 Auction  –  16 - 18 November 2020

Stack's Bowers Galleries, November 2020 Auction

Internet Sessions: US Coins and Banknotes

Part 9: Mo, 16.11.2020, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 10: Tu, 17.11.2020, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 11: Tu, 17.11.2020, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 12: We, 18.11.2020, from 6:00 PM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

Contemporary Counterfeit English Farthing
1773 Contemporary Counterfeit English Farthing. George III Type--Double Struck--Very Fine.
48.0 grains. Second strike is about 50% off center, with a planchet intervening on the obverse, creating an indent strike which distorted parts of the lower left obverse. A choice, light brown example made more desirable by the presence of two full dates.
Estimate: $200

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Price realized 170 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 200 USD
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