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Live auction - fwo_430311 - SAINT HELENA ISLAND - GEORGE IV 1/2 Penny (Half Penny) contremarquée 1821

SAINT HELENA ISLAND - GEORGE IV 1/2 Penny (Half Penny) contremarquée 1821  XF
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : 326 €
Maximum bid : 326 €
End of the sale : 01 August 2017 18:45:13
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : 1/2 Penny (Half Penny) contremarquée
Date: 1821
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,97 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L.G.

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Armes de la Compagnie britannique des Indes Orientales avec deux lions soutenant un écu surmonté par un heaume ; le tout sur un bandeau inscrit : AUSP: REGIS & SENAT ANGLIÆ.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ST HELENA/ HALF PENNY// 1821.
Reverse description : dans une couronne formée d'une branche d'olivier et d'une branche de laurier.

Commentary


Contremarque à l’avers. Tête laurée de Napoléon Ier à gauche.

Historical background


SAINT HELENA ISLAND - GEORGE IV

(1820-1830)

Napoleon died on May 5, 1821 on the island of Saint Helena. It had been a British colony since 1651 after being Portuguese and Dutch. Located more than 1,800 km from the coast of Africa, it was a refueling point for boats going to South America. Napoleon was detained there between 1815 and 1821.

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