Provincial Tokens
Suffolk Bungay DH 24b
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
G.BRIT - SUFFOLK Suffolk 1796 |
| Item Description: |
1/2P 1796 G.BRIT D&h-24b SUFFOLK - BUNGAY E: MILLED OVER SAMUEL P Suffolk DH 24b |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 63 BN |
| Owner: |
farthing |
Set Details
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Owner Comments:
Suffolk Bungay DH #24b
Obverse: The ruins of a castle with two round towers with 1796 above, BUNGAY HALFPENNY
Reverse: Justice mounted on a pedestal with a sword and scales, FOR THE USE OF TRADE.
Edge: Milled ///// over SAMUEL PRENTICE
Diesinker: Arnold
Manufacturer: William Lutwyche
Issuer: Samuel Prentice
Rarity: Conmon
Samuel Prentice was a grocer and chandler as well as a coin collector. Bigod's Castle is a Norman castle built by Roger Bigod on Norfolk around 1100. The curtain walls and the twin towers of the gatehouse remain today, as well as a fragment of the keep.
Atkins: Suffolk 22b
Heritage Marshall II Sale, 30 September 2014