(1737) Higley Copper Threepence - Broad Axe, THE WHEELE GOES ROUND
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Coin Details
Auction Record
$21,150 • Fine Details • 01-2014 • Stack's Bowers
Description
The most enigmatic Higley variety, featuring a broad axe on the reverse with "I CUT MY WAY THROUGH" and a unique obverse showing a wheel surrounded by "THE WHEELE GOES ROUND." This is the only Higley variety without the deer obverse. The wheel may represent a mill wheel or the wheel of fortune.
Rarity Notes
Unique (URS-1). Only one confirmed example known. Authenticity debated.
Cross References
W-8250, Freidus 4.4-D, Breen 243
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