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GREAT BRITAIN: AE medalet, ND. PCGS SP63

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe Start Price:110.00 USD Estimated At:125.00 - 175.00 USD
GREAT BRITAIN: AE medalet, ND. PCGS SP63
SOLD
140.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 Sep 14 @ 15:11UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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GREAT BRITAIN: AE medalet, ND, Withers Appendix p.239, 27mm, London medalet in the style of an 18th Century halfpenny token, BEWARE OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPy around rim, SOME OF WHOSE / FRAUD, OPPRESSION, / PERJURY, FORGERY / & ROBBERY &ca / ARE SET FORTH IN, all at center // AUGUSTUS COVES'S PUBLICATIONS around rim, ENTITLED / THE / TOSCIN SOUNDED / OR THE BULL / TAKEN BY THE HORNS &c / TO BE HAD OF THE / BOOKSELLERS, PCGS graded Specimen 63 RB. Augustus Cove was a dealer in China and glass who was criminally and unjustly treated by the Grand Junction Canal Company.The saga began when Cove took a lease on a wharf at Paddington Basin and is related in Cove's book mentioned on the reverse of the token. This token was struck circa 1812.