William and Mary (1688-1694), Tin Farthing, 1691 [1691 on edge], Type 2

The Abramson Collection of English Coins | William and Mary (1688-1694), Tin Farthing, 1691 [1691 on edge], Type 2, with copper plug, conjoined laureate, draped and cuirassed busts right, rev. Britannia seated left, date in exergue, NVMMORVM + FAMVLVS . 1691 upwards on edge, 5.63g, 6h (BMC [Peck] 582; Spink 3451), light blistering from tin pest, otherwise bolder very fine details, a rare survivor

Provenance
The Dr Tony Abramson Collection of English Coins
~ Leeds City Museum, Autumn Exhibition, 1994 ~
Geoffrey Kay, 'Collection of British Farthings', Spink 63, 28 March 1988, lot 74 [via Cooke, March 1989, £139]

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