1799 Farthing Keg Found in London Shop?
johnjohn10
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Can someone help me on this? Nothing comes up when I search for an article. I bought three 1799 Farthings a few years ago from someone and at the time I was told they came out of a small horde. He bought a few and had them slabbed. If I remember right the original sealed keg was found in the basement of a shop in London. I can't tell you when this would have occurred. Does this ring a bell with anyone? I just came across the coins again and my memory was jogged. Might have just been a made up story. The coins are nice regardless, the second one is my favorite. The blue color is just over the top.
These are the three that I bought at the time in 2020.
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The only “London basement” I can come up with would be Baldwin’s.
If you want to sell one, I’d be interested.
Beautiful coins… congrats in obtaining them.
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Here is the source:
https://www.numisbids.com/sale/3864/lot/1484
I would imagine they are referring to Baldwin’s basement.
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This has to be where they came from. I bought them in late Oct/early Nov 2020 and factoring the time to slab them it would all line up.
I really appreciate the response and comments. Now I can print this off and keep it in my coin reference file!
I need to run the cert numbers before and after mine to see how many were slabbed in the group.
Looks like running the cert numbers starting with 39657538 to 39657554 15 of the 17 coins fall in this range. Grades run from 62BN to 65RB.
All 3 are great…..and the middle is my favorite as well. Gorgeous.
Those are just wonderful!
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