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29 September 2005
Mule Halfpence (7), heads of man and ass conjoined, revs. man in prison gnawing bone, edge plain, 10.62g/1h (DH 790b); heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined (2), spence x edge, 10.50g/2h (DH 795), edge plain, 11.75g/6h (DH 795b); bust of John Horne Tooke (2), spence edge, 10.68g/6h (DH 796), edge engrailed, 9.19g/11h (DH 796b); Tree of Liberty (2), edge grained, 9.41g/6h (DH 797), edge plain, 11.48g/7h (DH 797a) [7]. DH 795 extremely fine with original colour, edge lettering doubly...
Hammer Price: £330
Mule Halfpence (5), heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined, revs. noted advocates, etc, 10.53g/6h (DH 798); caduceus, spence edge, 12.80g/6h (DH 800); Cain and Abel, spence edge, 12.81g/6h (DH 801); cat (2), both spence edge, in copper, 12.26g/6h, in brass, 12.60g/6h (both DH 802) [5]. Last very fine and very rare but surfaces dirty, DH 802 in copper extremely fine with much original colour, others about extremely fine, DH 798 with small striking crack (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £300
Mule Halfpence (7), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. three armed citizens (3), london and engrailed edge, 9.30g/6h (DH 803), edge grained, 8.98g/6h (DH 803a), edge plain, 11.53g/6h (DH 803c); heart and hand, no border (3), edge grained, 9.02g/6h (DH 804b), edge plain (2), large [28mm] flan, 10.23g/12h, small [26.5mm] flan, 6.49g/12h (both DH 804c); heart and hand, with border, edge plain, 10.07g/12h (DH 805a) [7]. DH 803a and 804c large flan extremely fine with virtually full...
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Highlander (2), both spence edge, in copper, 12.50g/12h, in brass, 12.64g/12h (both DH 806); lion and cock (3), spence edge, 10.37g/6h (DH 807), london and engrailed edge, 9.35g/5h (DH 807a), edge plain, 10.43g/6h (DH 807c) [5]. Second very fine and very rare but surfaces dirty, DH 807 and 807c good very fine, others extremely fine with original colour (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £260
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. shepherd (3), london and engrailed edge, 9.71g/6h (DH 808), edge engrailed, 8.81g/12h (DH 808a), edge plain, 10.03g/4h (DH 808b); view of the Bastille, 10.57g/6h (DH 809); boys at turnstile, 10.21g/12h (DH 810); together with an obverse brockage, edge plain, 10.19g [6]. DH 808a and 810 extremely fine with virtually full original colour, former very rare, DH 809 very fine, others about extremely fine (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £470
Mule Halfpence (2), Cain and Abel, revs. two men dancing round fire, spence edge, 12.57g/12h (DH 814); Tree of Liberty, spence edge, 12.59g/11h (DH 817) [2]. Extremely fine, first with original colour (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £120
Mule Halfpence (4), two men dancing round fire, revs. noted advocates, etc, spence edge, 11.38g/12h (DH 818); Britannia, spence edge, 11.93g/6h (DH 819); caduceus (2), spence edge, 12.41g/9h (DH 820), edge plain, 11.97g/9h (DH 820, edge unpublished) [4]. Extremely fine, last lightly toned and extremely rare, others with virtually full original colour, a most attractive group (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £420
Mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. three armed citizens, spence edge, 11.70g/1h (DH 821); heart and hand (2), spence edge, 11.63g/12h (DH 822), skidmore edge, 12.77g/12h (DH 822a); Indian, spence edge, 11.99g/6h (DH 823) [4]. DH 822a about extremely fine and very rare, others extremely fine, first and last with considerable original colour (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £280
Mule Halfpence (5), similar, revs. men under tree (2), spence edge, 11.96g/3h (DH 824), edge plain, 10.10g/1h (DH 824a); shepherd, spence edge, 12.51g/5h (DH 825); boys at turnstile (2), edges plain, large [30.5mm] flan, 10.23g/6h, small [29mm] flan, 10.41g/6h (both DH 826b) [5]. DH 826b large flan good very fine, DH 825 extremely fine, others nearly so, first weakly struck (£180-220)
Mule Halfpence (8), man hanging series, type 1 (2), end of pain in large letters, revs. Pandora’s breeches, 10.33g/6h (DH 827), boys at turnstile, 10.29g/5h (DH 828); type 2 (2), man with short legs, no border, revs. similar, in collar, 12.51g/12h (DH 831), not in collar, 12.66g/12h (DH 831a); type 3 (2), man with straight legs, revs. open book, edge grained, 6.80g/12h (DH 833), edge plain, 8.57g/11h (DH 833a); type 4 (2), church with finely castellated tower, revs. open book, 8.89g/6h (DH...
Hammer Price: £620
Mule Halfpence (3), three men hanging, revs. a way to prevent knaves getting a trick (2), in copper, 11.41g/6h, in brass, 11.18g/6h (both DH 837); open book, 10.83g/6h (DH 838) [3]. About extremely fine and better, last with much original colour (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £350
Mule Halfpence (2), Pandora’s breeches, revs. crowned anchor and hearts, edge plain, 10.50g/6h (DH 839a); bust of John Horne Tooke, 10.80g/6h (DH 841) [2]. Good very fine, first rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £140
Mule Halfpence (6), pig, revs. noted advocates, etc (2), spence edge, 10.74g/6h (DH 842), edge plain, 7.97g/6h (DH 842b); Britannia, edge plain, 11.62g/6h (DH 843a); heart and hand, 10.34g/5h (DH 845); lion and cock, spence edge, 10.19g/2h (DH 847); shepherd, 10.74g/6h (DH 848) [6]. DH 843a, 845 and 848 extremely fine with much original colour, especially DH 845, DH 847 about fine and pierced, others very fine (£140-180)
Mule Halfpence (6), man in prison gnawing bone, revs. Britannia, edge plain, 10.50g/6h (DH 849); cat, spence edge, 11.14g/7h (DH 850); three armed citizens, london and engrailed edge, 8.42g/6h (DH 851); lion and cock (3), london and engrailed edge, 9.76g/5h (DH 852), edge plain, 10.55g/5h (DH 852a), edge grained, 9.69g/5h (DH 852b) [6]. About extremely fine and better, DH 850 and 852b with original colour, latter very rare (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £440
Mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. shepherd, london and engrailed edge, 9.75g/6h (DH 853); men under tree, spence edge, 10.76g/6h (DH 854); guillotine (2), edge grained, 11.72g/6h (DH 855), edge plain, 10.13g/6h (DH 855a) [4]. Extremely fine with much original colour, DH 855 with vertical die flaw, an attractive group (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £480
Mule Halfpence (3), sailor, revs. crowned anchor and hearts (2), spence edge, 10.22g/5h (DH 857), skidmore edge, 12.31g/5h (DH 857a); anchor and cable, edge grained, 9.34g/6h (DH 858) [3]. Extremely fine, second patinated, others with original colour (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £230
Mule Halfpence (3), shepherd, revs. stag and tree, 10.24g/6h (DH 860); Tree of Liberty (2), spence edge, 11.38g/6h (DH 861), edge plain, 12.19g/7h (DH 861a) [3]. Second about extremely fine and rare, others very fine or better (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £160
Mule Halfpence (3), stag and tree, revs. snail on river-bank, 10.47g/6h (DH 862); men under tree, 9.86g/6h (DH 863); boys at turnstile, 10.26g/6h (DH 864) [3]. Second good very fine, others extremely fine with virtually full original colour (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £270
Mule Halfpence (5), bust of John Thelwall, revs. cap of Liberty (3), skidmore edge (2), in copper, 12.61g/6h, in brass, 12.27g/6h (both DH 865), edge plain, 13.26g/6h (DH 865a); Minerva (2), spence edge, 9.49g/11h (DH 866), skidmore edge, 12.47g/3h (DH 866b, recorded from this specimen) [5]. Brass specimen about very fine and very rare but surfaces dirty, DH 866 extremely fine with much original colour, 866b weakly struck and only very fine but extremely rare, others about extremely fine, DH...
Mule Halfpenny, in white metal, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Minerva, edge plain, 9.09g/6h (DH 866a). Very fine and very rare (£70-90)
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. men under tree, 10.54g/6h (DH 867); Sessions House, Old Bailey, 10.23g/6h (DH 868); snail on river-bank, 10.39g/7h (DH 869); boys at turnstile, 10.41g/6h (DH 871); three fleurs-de-lis, spence edge, 12.31g/12h (DH 872) [5]. DH 871 extremely fine with full original colour, others generally about extremely fine and patinated, DH 868 softly struck, 872 very rare (£180-220)
Hammer Price: £430
Mule Halfpence (4), bust of John Horne Tooke, revs. t spence bookseller, etc, 10.04g/6h (DH 874); three armed citizens, spence edge, 11.03g/12h (DH 875); heart and hand (2), both spence edge, in copper, 11.52g/6h, in brass, 10.55g/5h (both DH 876, but not noted in brass) [4]. Last very fine and extremely rare, others extremely fine, DH 875 with virtually full original colour, DH 874 very rare (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £320
Mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. men under tree, edge plain, 9.67g/6h (DH 877). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour, rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £95
Mule Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Sessions House, Old Bailey, edges plain, in copper, 14.30g/6h, in white metal, 9.30g/12h (both DH 878; BHM 380) [2]. Copper extremely fine with some original colour, white metal nearly so, rare (£90-120)
Mule Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. boys at turnstile, 10.46g/6h (DH 879); bust of George III, edge grained, 11.28g/7h (DH 881) [2]. First about extremely fine and patinated, second extremely fine with much original colour (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £170
Mule Halfpence (3), Tree of Liberty, revs. noted advocates, etc, 12.33g/6h (DH 882); Britannia (2), spence edge, 11.19g/11h (DH 883), edge plain, 11.56g/6h (DH 883b) [3]. Extremely fine, first two with full original colour, last patinated (£180-220)
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. caduceus, spence edge, 12.47g/6h (DH 884); three armed citizens, edge plain, 11.72g/6h (DH 885b); heart and hand, edge plain, 9.67g/6h (DH 886b); Highlander, spence edge, 12.23g/6h (DH 887); Indian, edge grained, 9.21g/4h (DH 888) [5]. DH 885b extremely fine with much original colour, very rare, DH 888 fine and pierced, others very fine, first better (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £290
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. lion and cock (2), spence edge, 11.11g/6h (DH 889), edge plain, 12.30g/6h (DH 889b); men under tree, 10.10g/6h (DH 890); boys at turnstile, 10.17g/6h (DH 891); guillotine, 10.43g/5h (DH 892) [5]. Last extremely fine with considerable original colour, DH 889 and 891 about very fine, others about extremely fine, DH 890 rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £240
Mule Halfpence (5), boys at turnstile, revs. crowned anchor and hearts, 10.62g/6h (DH 893); Minerva, 10.47g/6h (DH 895); Spaniard, 10.53g/6h (DH 896); Turk, 10.16g/6h (DH 897); Westminster scholar, 10.44g/6h (DH 898) [5]. About extremely fine and better, DH 893, 896 and 897 with original colour and rare (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £340
Mule Halfpence (2), bust right, united token, revs. crowned harp and thistles, spence edge, 10.35g/12h (DH 899); Highlander, spence edge, 12.02g/12h (DH 900) [2]. Extremely fine with full original colour, a most attractive pair (£180-220)
Hammer Price: £180
Mule Farthings (7), bust left, revs. Britannia, 3.94g/6h (DH 1077); man on bull with ass’s head, thick flan, 6.21g/6h (DH 1078); conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.52g/4h (DH 1079); padlock, 3.87g/12h (DH 1080); pig (2), large [25.5mm] flan, 3.80g/6h, small [21mm] flan, 4.19g/6h (both DH 1081); slave, 3.78g/6h (DH 1082) [7]. About extremely fine and better, several with original colour, but DH 1079 and 1080 with flan cracks (£150-200)
Mule Farthings (6), Adam and Eve, all from the die with artist’s name almost obliterated, revs. Britannia, 3.11g/6h (DH 1084); man on bull with ass’s head, 3.69g/5h (DH 1085); conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.58g/7h (DH 1086); padlock, 3.98g/6h (DH 1087); pig, 3.41g/6h (DH 1088); slave, 3.57g/7h (DH 1089) [6]. DH 1084, 1086 and 1088 extremely fine with original colour, others nearly so, DH 1086, 1087 and 1089 with small striking cracks (£150-200)
Mule Farthings (2), cat, revs. hand holding open book, pig’s meat, 3.44g/7h (DH 1091); another, ill-struck and with no outer legend on rev., 2.70g/7h (DH 1091) [2]. First virtually as struck and toned, attractive, second about extremely fine and as made (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £220
Mule Farthings (4), Even Fellows, revs. Britannia, 4.03g/6h (DH 1092); man on bull with ass’s head, 4.01g/6h (DH 1093); conjoined heads of man and ass (2), edge grained, 3.73g/6h (DH 1094), edge plain, 4.15g/6h (DH 1094a) [4]. DH 1094 about extremely fine and patinated, others extremely fine with original colour, particularly DH 1094a, all rare (£120-150)
Mule Farthings (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. padlock (2), edge grained, 5.81g/6h (DH 1095), edge plain, 2.47g/6h (DH 1095a); pig, 3.98g/6h (DH 1096); slave, 3.51g/6h (DH 1097); man on gallows, edge grained, 3.78g/12h (DH 1098) [5]. DH 1096 about extremely fine, others extremely fine, first attractively patinated, others with original colour, all rare (£120-150)
Mule Farthings (3), man on all fours, revs. Britannia, 3.58g/12h (DH 1099); man on bull with ass’s head, 3.98g/5h (DH 1100); slave, 3.50g/6h (DH 1104) [3]. Extremely fine, first patinated, others with original colour (£80-100)
Mule Farthings (6), man hanging from gibbet, end of pain, revs. may the knave, etc, 3.61g/12h (DH 1105); open book, wrongs of man, edge plain, 3.86g/7h (DH 1106a); open book, no legend above, 4.15g/6h (DH 1107); cap of Liberty, crossed sword and palm branch, edge grained, 3.64g/6h (DH 1108); man hanging from gallows, edge grained, 3.56g/6h (DH 1109); Pandora’s breeches, 4.44g/6h (DH 1110) [6]. DH 1107 very fine and with usual die flaws, others generally extremely fine, some with original...
Mule Farthings (2), man hanging from gallows, revs. such is the reward of tyrants, edge grained, 3.68g/6h (DH 1111), edge plain, 3.81g/5h (DH 1111a) [2]. Extremely fine, second with some original colour (£60-80)
Mule Farthings (7), legend, revs. man on bull with ass’s head, 3.24g/6h (DH 1112); Britannia, 3.24g/6h (DH 1113); conjoined heads of man and ass, 4.00g/6h (DH 1115); padlock, 3.62g/6h (DH 1116); pig, 3.00g/12h (DH 1117); slave, 3.04g/5h (DH 1118); three men hanging, edge grained, 3.67g/1h (DH 1119) [7]. DH 1112 and 1117 about extremely fine, others generally extremely fine, last two with original colour, several rare (£200-250)
Mule Farthings (4), three men hanging, revs. conjoined heads of man and ass, edge grained, 3.62g/6h (DH 1120); Pandora’s breeches, edge grained, 3.67g/8h (DH 1121); open book, wrongs of man, edge grained, 3.86g/7h (DH 1122); may the 3 knaves, etc, edge plain, 3.61g/12h (DH 1123a) [4]. About extremely fine and better with traces of original colour, but DH 1120 with some patches of surface verdigris on reverse, all rare (£120-150)
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