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1804 Great Britian $ bank token

worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭
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Wow ..... I have one in EF, but this makes me look at mine in a whole new light.

eBay auction

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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    That's a great coin!!! image Sure looks like a proof to me, with cameo as well. I suppose they didn't produce proofs for this issue?

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    .....GOD
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  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    It most likely is a Proof. Boulton struck 1,420 proofs for use in presentation purposes and the proofs would most likely have been contained in silvered copper shells in a presentation box. Just as shown in this auction. (The silver copper shells were a common feature of proofs from Soho during this period.) It would be most unusual for a regular business strike to be placed in one of the shells, especially since they were making proofs.

    Considering the time period during which this coin was slabbed, I would not be surprised if this coin traces it's pedigree back directly to either Boulton or Watt. Both of their personal holdings came on the market not too long before they started using this slab style.
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    Oy-- MS62 never had it so good!
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    Obscurum per obscurius
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