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Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, mule Halfpence (6), bust of Roe, rev. Vulcan, edge plain, 6.03g/5h (DH 76b); Genius, revs. plough (2), 9.20g/6h (DH 78), 8.90g/3h (DH 78a), bust of Pitt, 6.49g/6h (DH 79; Cobwright W0010/M0010), arms of Liverpool, 9.77g/6h (DH 80), Bishop Blaize, 10.61g/6h (DH 81) [6]. DH 78, 78a and 80 very fine, others in varied state £30-40
Hammer Price: £55
Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Westwood’s Farthing, 1789, beehive crest above R & Co monogram, rev. seated figure of Genius holding drill and cog-wheel, edge grained, 5.81g/6h (DH 82). Extremely fine with a little original colour £50-70
Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Westwood’s Farthings, 1790 (2), no buttons on coat, 4.67g/5h (DH 83), three buttons, 6.25g/12h (DH 84) [2]. First extremely fine with a little original colour, second nearly so but has been lacquered £70-90
Hammer Price: £110
Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Westwood’s Farthings, 1791 (2), no buttons on coat, 4.65g/12h (DH 85), three buttons, 6.21g/12h (DH 86) [2]. First with usual die flaw on reverse, extremely fine with much original colour, second about extremely fine, light brown patina £70-90
Hammer Price: £100
Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Westwood’s Farthings, 1792 (2), no buttons on coat, 5.58g/12h (DH 87), three buttons, 6.22g/12h (DH 88) [2]. Extremely fine, first with a little original colour £80-100
Hammer Price: £140
Cornwall, Falmouth, Volunteers, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 1797, 9.76g/6h (DH 3); Penryn, George Chapman George, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.20g/6h (DH 4, bronzed); Truro, Cornish Metal Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1791, in bronzed-copper, 12.86g/6h (DH 2) [3]. First good very fine and patinated, others extremely fine and better £120-150
Hammer Price: £170
Cumberland, Hensingham, Low Hall Colliery, Sir Wilfred Lawson, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1797, horse working a whin-gin, miner guiding basket, rev. legend in three lines, edge plain, 9.27g/12h (DH 1; Finlay 27; D & W 291/107). About extremely fine, bronzed £80-100
Hammer Price: £220
Cumberland, County series, James’ Lake Farthing, 1796, lakeland scene, rev. fence dividing two trees, edge plain, 6.76g/12h (DH 2). Extremely fine, attractive patina, rare £150-200
Cumberland, County series, James’ Lake Farthing, 1796, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 9.14g/12h (DH 2a). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £180
Derbyshire, Buxton, William Hay, Thomas Tomlinson and William Orme, Halfpenny, undated, crescent, rev. arms of the Duke of Devonshire with helmet in the crest, edge BUXTON TOKEN and engrailed, 11.33g/6h (DH 1). An early striking from the unflawed obverse die, extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,600
Derbyshire, Buxton, William Hay, Thomas Tomlinson and William Orme, Halfpenny, 1796, crescent, rev. from the same die as previous, edge BUXTON TOKEN and engrailed, 11.14g/6h (DH 2). Lacquered, extremely fine and very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £190
Derbyshire, Buxton, William Hay, Thomas Tomlinson and William Orme, Halfpenny, 1796, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. arms of the Duke of Devonshire without helmet in the crest, edge BUXTON TOKEN and engrailed, 11.07g/6h (DH 3). Tiny scratch by left-side supporter, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck £150-200
Hammer Price: £200
Devon, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Halfpence, 1792 (3), date on obv., 12.53g/6h (DH 1); date on rev. (2), KINGDON edge, 12.43g/6h (DH 2), KINDON edge, 12.81g/6h (DH 3a); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, rev. bust of General Elliot, 8.78g/7h (DH 5) [4]. Second extremely fine and patinated, others about very fine and better, all rare £100-150
Devon, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Halfpenny, 1792, bust of Bishop Blaize three-quarters right dividing date, long wool-comb, rev. arms and supporters, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF SAMUEL KINGDON, Ns retrograde, 12.63g/6h (DH 1 bis, and 1990 Addenda, this piece, recté rev. is from a different die to DH 1; Noble I, 72, same dies, different edge). Some rim knocks, otherwise very fine and patinated, of the highest rarity; perhaps only one other specimen of this die-pairing known £200-300
Hammer Price: £280
Devon, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Halfpenny, 1792, bust of Bishop Blaize three-quarters right, rev. arms and supporters, date below, edge PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF SAMUEL KINGDON, 12.38g/6h (DH 3). Extremely fine with glossy brown patina, extremely rare with the correct edge £100-150
Devon, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, arms and supporters, date below, rev. bust of John Howard left, edge grained, 10.87g/6h (DH 4). Obverse extremely fine with much original colour, reverse good very fine and with edge nick at 9 o’clock, extremely rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £230
Devon, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Westwood’s Farthings (2), 1791, 5.64g/12h (DH 9), 1792, date on rev., 5.31g/12h (DH 10) [2]. About extremely fine and better, but first lacquered £80-100
Hammer Price: £75
Devon, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Westwood’s Farthing, 1792, bust of Bishop Blaize three-quarters right dividing date, rev. arms and supporters, edge grained, 5.52g/12h (DH 11). Extremely fine with considerable original colour, very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
Devon, Plymouth, Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co, Halfpence, 1796 (2), large loom, shepheard edge, 9.80g/6h (DH 6), small loom, plain edge, 8.88g/6h (DH 7); Visit of George III, 1789, a copper medal by J. Davies, 29mm, 6.87g/6h (DH 8; BHM 319) [3]. DH 7 fine and scarce, others very fine £25-35
Hammer Price: £50
Devon, Puddington, William Waller, Halfpenny, 1797, bust right, from the unfinished die with thick hair and eye not yet added, rev. ship sailing right, edge plain, 8.88g/6h (DH Bedfordshire 4, this piece illustrated; Dickinson, TCSB September 2008, no.1, this piece). Tiny graze behind head, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, of the highest rarity and the finest known example; believed only one other extant £2,000-3,000
Devon, Puddington, William Waller, Halfpenny, 1797, bust right, from the finished die with reworked hair and eye inserted, rev. from the same die as previous, edge plain, 8.36g/6h (DH Bedfordshire 5; Dickinson, TCSB September 2008, no.4, this piece). Very fine and very rare; only 9 specimens attested £350-450
Hammer Price: £330
Dorset, Blandford Forum, William Sanger, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1798, pair of scales above a counter, rev. pro bono publico, etc, edge grained, 9.63g/7h (DH 1). Extremely fine with a little original colour, rare £200-250
Dorset, Blandford Forum, William Sanger, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1798, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 9.93g/7h (DH 1a). Extremely fine, obverse with full original colour but lightly toned down, reverse mostly toned, very rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £270
Dorset, Poole, Richard Allen, a trial of the rev. of Skidmore’s Halfpenny [1797], in lead, anchor and cable in sunken recess, 29mm, 4.79g (DH 2, footnote). Fine, very rare £40-60
Dorset, Poole, Richard Allen, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, Prince of Wales’ feathers above an oval inscribed 75, rev. legend in six lines, edge engrailed, 9.18g/6h (DH 3). From the usual damaged reverse die, extremely fine with some original colour, rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £150
Dorset, Poole, James Bayly, Halfpence, 1795 (3), I PROMISE edge, 9.55g/6h (DH 6), edge grained, 11.33g/6h (DH 6a), edge plain, 9.12g/6h (DH 6c); Farthings, 1795 (3), normal S, edge grained, 4.12g/6h (DH 10), inverted S (2), edge grained, 4.89g/6h (DH 11), edge plain, 3.96g/6h (DH 11a) [6]. DH 6a, 10 and 11 about extremely fine with original colour, others in varied state, DH 6c very rare £50-70
Dorset, Sherborne, Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Pretor, Westwood’s Halfpence (2), 1793, 11.20g/6h (DH 7), 1796, rev. double-headed eagle, 11.09g/12h (DH 9) [2]. Good very fine and better, both attractively patinated £60-80
Dorset, Sherborne, Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Pretor, Westwood’s Halfpenny, 1796, frontal elevation of a building, rev. error legend PRETER, etc, edge PAYABLE AT THE BANK IN SHERBORNE DORSET, 12.09g/6h (DH 8). Extremely fine with glossy patina, rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £360
Dorset, Weymouth, Visit of George III, 1789, a plated brass medalet by C. James, bust of George III right, rev. legend in 4 lines, 22mm, 2.97g/12h (DH 12; Hawkins p.29, 24; BHM 317). Fine, rare £10-15
Hammer Price: £40
Durham, Barnard Castle, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, view of the castle ruins, rev. globe, I PROMISE edge, 23.77g/12h (DH 1 and Middlesex 123). Extremely fine £90-120
Durham, South Shields, issuer uncertain, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1794, with flaw, 10.46g/6h (DH 4); Kempson’s mule Halfpence (3), revs. figure of Hope, LONDON edge, 10.57g/6h (DH 5), MAY PEACE & PLENTY, etc (2), LONDON edge, 9.44g/6h (DH 6), plain edge, 10.19g/6h (DH 6a) [4]. DH 4 extremely fine with a little original colour, DH 6a extremely fine and very rare but with striking crack, others about very fine and better £90-120
Hammer Price: £240
Durham, South Shields, Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, ship sailing left, rev. Irish Miners arms, edge PAYABLE IN LONDON and engrailed, 8.96g/6h (DH 7). Minor surface nicks in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine with considerable original colour £80-100
Hammer Price: £80
Durham, South Shields, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1796, arms, rev. anchor and cable, edge engrailed, 9.54g/1h (DH 8). About extremely fine, rare £80-100
Durham, South Shields, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1796, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 9.97g/12h (DH 8a). Die striations in obverse field and reverse a little off-centre, otherwise extremely fine with glossy brown patina, rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £250
Durham, Stockton-on-Tees, Thomas King[s]ton, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1794, helmeted bust of Sir Bevois left, rev. ship sailing right, edge payable at kingtons stockport, 10.23g/6h (DH 9). Struck from rusted dies with usual flaws around face of bust and under P of publico, otherwise about extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare and believed only 3 specimens known £200-250
Durham, Stockton-on-Tees, Thomas King[s]ton, Kempson’s Halfpence, 1794 (2), MONTROSE edge, 8.08g/7h (DH 9a), PORTSEA edge [blundered], 9.59g/6h (DH 9b, note) [2]. First mediocre, second about fine, both rare £15-25
Hammer Price: £10
Durham, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Denton’s Penny, 1796, view of iron bridge with two vessels passing underneath, rev. legend in eight lines within palm wreath, edge ON DEMAND IN LONDON LIVERPOOL OR ANGLESEY, 27.36g/7h (DH 3). Struck over an Anglesey Penny token, of which traces and the edge remain, about extremely fine with a little original colour, very rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £490
Durham, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Denton’s Penny, 1796, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 27.66g/6h (DH 3b). Edge defect on obverse at 2 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £310
Durham, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1796, bridge, rev. legend in five lines within wreath, edge plain, 7.75g/7h (DH 10). Patch of verdigris above bridge and somewhat ill-struck, otherwise very fine, rare £80-100
Durham, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1796, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. arms of Robert Orchard, edge plain, 10.50g/6h (DH 11). Extremely fine and well-struck with much original colour, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £120
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