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29 September 2005
High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (3), Free Born Briton, revs. knife, fork and plate chained to table, edge plain, 8.97g/12h (DH 520b); French Republican (2), skidmore edge, 12.31g/12h (DH 521), edge grained but flattened in collar, 9.41g/12h (DH 521a) [3]. Last extremely fine with considerable original colour, others very fine and better, all rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £260
High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (4), St Paul’s Covent Garden, revs. church ruins (2), skidmore edge, 13.31g/6h (DH 522), edge grained, 8.53g/6h (DH 522a); bust of George III, edge grained, 9.89g/12h (DH 523b); jom cypher, skidmore edge, 12.88g/7h (DH 526) [4]. DH 522a very fine, others about extremely fine and better, last with a little original colour, first very rare (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £220
High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (5), ruins of church, revs. register stove, edge plain, 11.17g/6h (DH 527); men at forge (2), skidmore edge, 12.67g/6h (DH 528), uncertain edge, 11.20g/5h (cf. DH 528); view of a street, skidmore edge, 12.79g/5h (DH 531); busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette dividing 1795, skidmore edge, 11.99g/12h (DH 532) [5]. DH 528 good fine, DH 531 extremely fine with original colour, others very fine or better (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £180
High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, man skating, hyde park, rev. gb cypher, edge grained, 9.12g/12h (DH 535). Extremely fine, a little original colour, scarce (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £270
Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpence, 1795 (3), toe of slipper above t (2), edge grained, 7.71g/12h (DH 275), edge plain, 7.56g/12h (DH 275a), toe of slipper below t, edge grained, 7.68g/6h (DH 276); Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpence or medalets (16), all with 79 address, viz. n79, 10.41g/6h (DH 259, pierced; Storer 7641 ff), no hyphen in long acre, 10.14g/12h (DH 260), long · acre, 9.08g/12h (DH 261), long-acre, 6.96g/12h (DH 262, pierced), worms, 9.24g/5h (DH 263, pierced), long-acre...
Hammer Price: £380
Leather Lane, John Hancock, Halfpence (3), 1796 (2), shop front and umbrella, reads n19, 9.96g/11h (DH 320), umbrella, reads 19, 13.05g/12h (DH 321); 1798, edge grained, 11.36g/6h (DH 322) [3]. All extremely fine, first with original colour and with metal cud over nd of london, second patinated, third with small obverse rim fault at 10 o’clock (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £250
Marylebone, Edward Neeton, Halfpence, 1795 (2), large [30mm] flan, 8.87g/6h, small flan, 8.87g/6h (both DH 390); Newgate Street, Christ’s Hospital, Halfpence, 1800 (4), stop after date (2), 4.24g/6h (DH 278), 5.03g/12h (DH 279), no stop after date (2), 5.10g/12h (DH 280), 5.20g/12h (DH 281); Daniel Eaton, Halfpenny, 1795, edge grained, 9.37g/7h (DH 301); Henry Symonds, William Winterbotham, James Ridgway and Daniel Holt, Kempson’s Halfpence (2), 1794, stop after date, edge grained,...
Hammer Price: £200
Old Cavendish Street, Richard Summers, Halfpenny, 1797, head of a wild man full facing, rev. small rs cypher surrounded by three lines of legends, edge plain, 15.89g/7h (DH 905). Extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£200-250)
Old Cavendish Street, Richard Summers, Halfpenny, 1797, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. large rs cypher surrounded by three lines of legends, edge plain, 17.30g/6h (DH 906). Obverse extremely fine with a hint of original colour, reverse nearly so, rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £280
Piccadilly, George Bayly, Halfpenny, 12.26g/6h (DH 253); London Corresponding Society, Halfpence, 1795 (6), l distant from man’s robe, edge grained, 9.83g/6h (DH 285), l touches robe (5), edge grained, 10.19g/6h (DH 286), birmingham edge, 7.48g/6h (DH 286a), dublin edge, 9.95g/7h (DH 286b), london edge, 9.08g/6h (DH 286c), edge plain, 6.77g/6h (DH 286e); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (6), bust of the Prince of Wales, an asylum edge, 8.16g/6h (DH 287), clasped hands (4), london or brighton...
Hammer Price: £480
Rupert Street, issuer uncertain, Halfpence (2), edge plain, 6.99g/6h (DH 472), birmingham edge, 9.33g/5h (DH 472a); Russell Court, Sim, Halfpence (2), edge grained, 8.93g/6h (DH 478), edge plain, 9.45g/6h (DH 478a); St James’s Street, William Stinton, Halfpence, 1795 (2), warehouse edge, 8.96g/3h (DH 904), dublin edge, 8.81g/6h (DH 904a); St Martin’s Lane, William Williams, Halfpence, 1795 (4), pearls 9/9 (2), 8.54g/6h (DH 913), 9.83g/6h (DH 914), pearls 9/8 (2), 9.72g/6h (DH 915),...
Hammer Price: £410
St Martin’s Lane, Philip Ratley, Halfpenny, 1795, connoisseur seated left, examining landscape held by a yawning boy, rev. sea-shells on shore, ship in background, edge plain, 11.75g/12h (DH 465). Extremely fine with a little original colour, rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £160
Soho, Robert Orchard, Halfpence (2), 1795, edge plain, 14.13g/6h (DH 399); undated, edge plain, 9.58g/5h (DH 400) [2]. First from the usual cracked obverse die and second with light handling marks, otherwise both extremely fine with original colour (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £140
Soho, Robert Orchard, James’s Halfpenny, 1797, bust right dividing london token, rev. arms, edge plain, 9.66g/6h (DH 402). Extremely fine, a little original colour (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £80
Soho, Robert Orchard, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1798, side elevation of Islington Old Church, rev. ro cypher, coventry edge, 13.77g/12h (DH 403). Light surface marks in reverse field visible on close inspection, otherwise extremely fine with attractive rainbow patination, rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £130
Soho, Robert Orchard, Farthings (5), 1796, 3.87g/8h (DH 1060); 1803 (3), Turk standing type (2), 3.69g/6h, 3.77g/6h (both DH 1061, latter plated), warehouse type, 3.72g/11h (DH 1062); 1804, 4.09g/6h (DH 1063) [5]. Plated piece fine, others about extremely fine and better, first with much original colour (£40-60)
Soho, Robert Orchard, Prattent’s mule Halfpence (2), bust left, revs. je & co cypher, edge plain, 8.56g/6h (DH 407); wheatsheaf and doves, edge plain, 8.94g/6h (DH 408) [2]. Extremely fine, first with a little original colour and rare, second with much original colour (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £190
Soho, Robert Orchard, Prattent’s mule Halfpence (3), arms, revs. bust of William III right, edge plain, 10.10g/6h (DH 411); hs & co cypher in wreath, 8.40g/6h (DH 412); Hope holding quadrant, 9.48g/6h (DH 413) [3]. All with characteristic flaw in die under e of halfpenny and first with light flaws in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £400
Spring Gardens, Charles Biggar, Halfpence, 1796 (2), spring garden, edge plain, 7.04g/6h (DH 255a), spring-garden, edge plain, 9.34g/12h (DH 256); Strand, Philip Astley, Halfpence (6), bath edge, 9.27g/12h (DH 362a), dublin edge, 9.31g/12h (DH 362b), lancaster edge, 8.74g/12h (DH 362c), edge grained left, 8.88g/6h (DH 362f), edge plain, 9.28g/12h (DH 362h), edge grained right, 8.99g/12h (DH 362j); William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, edge plain, 14.55g/6h (DH 302); J. and S. Kelly, Halfpence...
Hammer Price: £230
Strand, William Forster, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, crown encircled with the sheet music to God Save the King, rev. Prince of Wales’ feathers, edge grained, 13.27g/5h (DH 302b). Practically mint state and attractively toned, very rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £660
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (5), undated, reads exibition, 8.79g/5h (DH 414); 1795 (4), all reading exhibition, dublin edge, 9.87g/6h (DH 415), edge grained, 9.46g/6h (DH 415a), edge plain, 6.66g/6h (DH 415b), payable in lancaster london or bristol edge, 9.04g/6h (DH 415, edge unlisted by Davisson) [5]. Third very fine and as struck on a large flan, exhibiting a large die flaw on obverse, very rare, others about extremely fine and better, first two with much original colour,...
Hammer Price: £450
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (14), elephant, revs. rhinoceros to right (3), spence edge, 12.33g/6h (DH 416), edge grained, 9.24g/6h (DH 416a), edge plain, 7.22g/6h (DH 416b); rhinoceros to left, 9.48g/7h (DH 417, polished obv. die); tiger, spence edge, 12.67g/7h (DH 418); nylghau, 6.77g/6h (DH 419); antelope, edge grained, 8.85g/7h (DH 420); zebra, 8.98g/7h (DH 421, polished obv. die); two-headed cow (3), stars in legend, 9.20g/6h (DH 422), quatrefoils in legend (2), edge...
Hammer Price: £460
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. two-headed cow, stars in legend, in brass, 9.33g/5h, in white metal, 6.55g/6h (both DH 422) [2]. About extremely fine and better, both very rare in these metals (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £240
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (14), lion and dog (4), revs. rhinoceros to left, 9.25g/7h (DH 427), zebra, 9.00g/7h (DH 428), kangaroo, 10.91g/12h (DH 430), monkey, 9.59g/6h (DH 431); reclining lion (3), revs. two-headed cow, quatrefoils in legend, 9.13g/7h (DH 432), cockatoo, 9.12g/4h (DH 434), crane, 9.66g/9h (DH 435); rhinoceros to right (4), revs. tiger, spence edge, 12.44g/7h (DH 436), antelope (2), edge grained, 8.89g/6h (DH 437), edge plain, 6.94g/6h (DH 437a), kangaroo,...
Hammer Price: £540
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (15), nylghau (2), revs. ostrich, 6.69g/6h (DH 445), bust of Louis XVI, 6.91g/3h (DH 446); antelope (3), revs. ostrich, edge grained, 8.73g/6h (DH 447), edge plain (2), thick flan, 10.68g/6h, thin flan, 6.78g/6h (both DH 447a); zebra (3), revs. two-headed cow, quatrefoils in legend, 9.38g/7h (DH 449), cockatoo, 9.38g/6h (DH 450), crane, 9.25g/3h (DH 451); two-headed cow (4), quatrefoils in legend (2), revs. kangaroo, 11.37g/12h (DH 452), monkey,...
Hammer Price: £700
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Farthings (12), elephant, the James-signed die (7), revs. lion and dog, 3.16g/6h (DH 1064), two-headed cow (3), edge grained (2), thick flan, 5.95g/6h, thin flan, 2.72g/6h (both DH 1065), edge plain, 6.19g/5h (DH 1065a), cockatoo (2), edge grained, 3.41g/6h (DH 1067), edge plain, 2.96g/6h (DH 1067a), pelican, 3.36g/8h (DH 1068); elephant, unsigned die, rev. two-headed cow, 3.04g/12h (DH 1066); lion and dog (2), revs. beaver, 3.57g/4h (DH 1069), monkey,...
Hammer Price: £370
West Smithfield, Matthew Denton, Farthing, 1795, 3.97g/6h (DH 1053); mule Farthings (5), denton dealer, etc (3), revs. crown, 4.03g/6h (DH 1054), ship, 3.85g/6h (DH 1055), deformed dwarf, 3.73g/6h (DH 1056); busts vis-à-vis (2), revs. deformed dwarf, 3.93g/12h (DH 1057), Prince of Wales’ feathers, 3.90g/6h (DH 1058); Richard Harrison, Denton’s Farthing, 1797, 3.92g/6h (DH 1059; Storer 3940) [7]. All extremely fine with much original colour, especially DH 1057, an attractive group...
Hammer Price: £420
West Smithfield, Thomas Prattent, Halfpenny, 1796, anchor in shield, cap of Liberty above, rev. arms of the City of London, edge plain, 10.48g/6h (DH 459); mule Halfpenny, rev. standing figure of Sir George Cook, edge plain, 9.64g/6h (DH 460) [2]. First extremely fine with a little original colour but small spot on left of obverse shield, second about extremely fine and patinated but spot in lower reverse field, latter rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £150
West Smithfield, Thomas Prattent, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. figure of Fame, edge payable at n. bolingbrokes haberdasher norwich, 9.65g/5h (DH 461, edge unpublished). Extremely fine with much original colour, of the highest rarity (£200-300)
West Smithfield, Thomas Prattent, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. bust of Bryen Boiroimhe, edge plain, 9.17g/6h (DH 462e). Obverse very fine, reverse better, patinated, very rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £170
West Smithfield, Thomas Prattent, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. crown radiated, edge plain, 9.67g/6h (DH 463). Extremely fine with almost full original colour, very rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £210
Uncertain locality, Peter Anderson, Jorden’s Halfpenny, 1795, City arms, rev. pa cypher, edge payable at the house of peter anderson london, 13.81g/6h (DH 248). Extremely fine and very rare (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £310
Uncertain locality, Joseph Askins, Jacobs’ Halfpence, 1796 (2), man standing with wooden leg, rev. legend in four lines, edge engrailed, 8.89g/6h (DH 252), edge grained, 9.30g/6h (DH 252a) [2]. Extremely fine, first patinated, second with a hint of original colour but with spot in obverse field, both rare (£150-200)
Uncertain locality, W. Sheward, Halfpence, 1792 (3), edge coarse upright graining, 12.64g/6h (DH 928), fine upright graining, 12.97g/6h (DH 928a), edge obliquely grained, 11.59g/6h (DH 928b); Uncertain issuers: Mail Coach series, Halfpence (6), with initials jf (2), 9.20g/12h (DH 363), and a test piece overstruck on a George III Halfpenny, 1775, 8.90g/1h (dies of DH 363); with initials afh (2), 8.49g/12h (DH 366), and a rev. brockage turned in the die, 8.59g (die of DH 366); 1797 (2),...
Hammer Price: £500
Halfpence (12), Abchurch Lane, St Mary’s, edge partly grained, 9.80g/12h (DH 538a); Aldermanbury, St Mary’s (3), skidmore edge, 13.30g/12h (DH 539), edge coarsely grained, 12.01g/1h (DH 539c), edge plain, 11.80g/12h (DH 539d); Aldersgate, St Ann’s, edge plain, 10.09g/10h (DH 540); St Botolph’s, edge plain, 11.44g/11h (DH 541); Basinghall Street, St Michael’s, coventry edge, 13.83g/11h (DH 545); Billingsgate, St Mary-at-Hill, edge plain, 11.14g/11h (DH 548a); Bishopsgate, St...
Halfpence (9), Blackfriars, St Ann’s, edge plain, 9.45g/5h (DH 554); Bloomsbury, St George’s, coventry edge, 13.59g/11h (DH 555); Botolph Lane, St Botolph’s, edge plain, 11.62g/11h (DH 556a); Bow Lane, St Mary’s (2), undated, coventry edge, 13.20g/6h (DH 557), 1797, edge partly grained, 9.76g/12h (DH 558); Bread Street, St Mildred’s, edge plain, 11.56g/12h (DH 559); Cannon Street, St Swithin’s, edge plain, 12.41g/12h (DH 560); Cateaton Street, St Lawrence’s, edge plain,...
Halfpence (11), Clerkenwell, St James’s (4), 1797, edge plain, 9.93g/11h (DH 564), and mules (3), revs. built anno domo 1792, skidmore edge, 12.00g/6h (DH 565), arms, skidmore edge, 12.37g/12h (DH 566), open book, skidmore edge, 12.12g/12h (DH 567); Coleman Street, St Catherine’s, edge plain, 11.49g/2h (DH 569); St Stephens (2), undated, edge plain, 11.76g/12h (DH 570), 1797, edge plain, 12.32g/12h (DH 571); College Hill, St Michael’s (2), coventry edge, 13.61g/5h (DH 572), edge plain,...
Halfpence (9), Cripplegate, St Giles’s, edge plain, 14.45g/12h (DH 576); Crutched Friars (2), Allhallows, undated, edge plain, 14.79g/11h (DH 577), 1797, edge partly grained, 9.63g/11h (DH 578); Dukes Place, St James’s, coventry edge, 14.04g/1h (DH 579); Eastcheap, St Clements, edge plain, 10.84g/12h (DH 580); Fleet Street, St Bride’s, coventry edge, 13.68g/11h (DH 583); St Dunstan’s (2), coventry edge, 13.79g/12h (DH 584), edge plain, 14.32g/12h (DH 584a); Friday Street, St...
Hammer Price: £470
Halfpence (11), Garlick Hythe [Garlick Hill], St James’s, coventry edge, 13.54g/12h (DH 586); Gracechurch Street, St Bennet’s, 1797, edge plain, 9.14g/7h (DH 589); Hanover Square, St George’s, rev. wreath with single bottom leaves, edge plain, 14.36g/12h (DH 592a), and a mule, dove in wreath, rev. gb cypher, edge grained over skidmore holborn london, 12.95g/11h (DH 594); Holborn, St Andrew’s, skidmore edge, 12.64g/12h (DH 595); Leadenhall Street, St Andrew’s, 1797, edge partly...
Halfpence (11), London Bridge, St Magnus (2), edges plain, thick flan, 13.73g/12h, thin flan, 9.65g/12h (both DH 602a); London Wall, St Alphage, edge plain, 10.10g/12h (DH 603); Lothbury, St Margaret’s, 1797, edge plain, 11.72g/12h (DH 605); Love Lane, St Mary’s, edge plain, 14.20g/12h (DH 606a); Ludgate, St Martin’s (2), with buildings at sides of church, undated, edge plain, 9.93g/11h (DH 607), without buildings, undated, edge plain, 12.94g/12h (DH 612); Minories, St Trinity, edge...
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