Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 9.71g/7h (DH 7); Hancock’s Halfpenny, 1789, 12.73g/6h (DH 14); counterfeit Halfpence (14), 1790, rev. Genius (2), 9.89g/6h (DH 61), 5.89g/7h (DH 61c); rev. r & co monogram (3), 8.56g/6h (DH 62), 9.22g/5h (DH 62b), 8.94g/6h (DH 62e); 1791 (3), 10.45g/8h (DH 63), 11.49g/6h (DH 65), 10.70g/6h (DH 65a); 1792 (5), 10.09g/6h (DH 67), 10.49g/6h (DH 72), 9.88g/5h (DH 72a), 9.93g/6h (DH 72b), 10.23g/6h (DH 72c); 1793, rev. Genius, 9.65g/6h (DH 73); mule Halfpence (6), bust of Roe, revs. Vulcan (2), 9.98g/5h (DH 76), 6.06g/5h (DH 76b); Genius, revs. plough, 9.34g/6h (DH 78), bust of Pitt, 6.68g/6h (DH 79), arms of Liverpool, 10.93g/6h (DH 80), Bishop Blaize, 10.54g/6h (DH 81) [22]. DH 65 and 65a extremely fine with considerable original colour, DH 7, 14 and 72a about extremely fine, others generally fine or better, some rare
£150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: R.S. Bole Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 1980 [DH 7 bt J. Holman June 2004, DH 14 bt Baldwin June 2004], others Fawcett/Litman Collection, D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1193, additionally: DH 62 T. Lloyd Collection, Sotheby Auction, 10-14 May 1878, lot 278 (part), F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 189 (part), DH 62e from Seaby, DH 72 SNC January-February 1915 (27064), DH 72c F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 186 (part) [from Spink], DH 76a F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 189 (part) [from Spink], DH 80 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 190 (part) [from Spink].

DH 65a only illustrated