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THE ALAN HARLEY COLLECTION OF ... - Baldwin's

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Contemporary copies of Cob coins made for local circulation<br />

1842 Base Silver Imitation of ��exico Philip IV 8-Reales(?), (16)20 or D over N, 20.72g. Fine. £150-200<br />

from old French collection, Simmons 1995<br />

This is a puzzle. Although this has no localised provenance, it may be an Eastern copy.<br />

1843 Base Silver Imitation of ��exico Philip IV 8-Reales(?), (16)20, 24.9g. Fine. £150-200<br />

from old French collection, Simmons 1995<br />

this is very similar in style to the previous lot<br />

1844 1845<br />

1844 Tin copy of a ��exican Cob 4-Reales, 11.11g, not recorded, probably from ��alaysia or Indonesia where<br />

tin was widely used as a currency metal. Fine. £50-80<br />

bought Simmons 1994<br />

1845 Tin copy of a ��exican Cob 2-Reales(?), 1728, 5.25g, not recorded, probably from ��alaysia or Indonesia<br />

where tin was widely used as a currency metal. Fine. £50-80<br />

bought Simmons 1994<br />

1846 Native copy of Spanish American 2-Escudos, the castles look like a crown, rev copies Potosi or Lima<br />

types, 2.7g. Fair. £100-150<br />

bought Simmons 1997<br />

a puzzle - probably Central or South American.<br />

1847 Plated forgery of Bolivia, Potosi, Charles IV, 8-Reales, 1796 PR, 26.12g. Fine. £30-50

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