Lot 353
Lancs. Liverpool, Thomas Clarke (grocer) Penny (halfpenny struck on penny flan) 1791, Tall ship sailing right, rev. Live …

Auction: 7 October 2024 at 10:00 BST
£780
Description
Lancs. Liverpool, Thomas Clarke (grocer) Penny (halfpenny struck on penny flan) 1791, Tall ship sailing right, rev. Liverpool arms and crest, edge plain and with no collar, 35mm/17.08gm. (DH – for halfpennies DH 91). Neat hole drilled through shield edge, otherwise Extremely Fine and toned with some small areas of oxidisation. Of the highest rarity and appears to be unique.
Footnote
Ex Longman Col., his ticket, acquired Baldwin, dispersed Glendinings 12 May 1958.

