255, Lot: 533. Estimate $100. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ENGLAND, Northumberland. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Bewicke Main Colliery. CU Penny Token (33mm, 18.08 g, 12h). Dated 1811. Ship moored left on water, with stern facing; coaling staith to right / Legend in four lines. Withers 885; Bell 1; Davis 16. EF, attractive dark brown surfaces, with some underlying red. Rare in this condition.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.