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Matthew Denton series, ‘Iulious Ceaser’ Farthing, 1795, bust left, rev. payable in london liverpool or bath, edge plain, 3.71g/12h (DH 1125). Extremely fine with attractive patina, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £210
Matthew Denton series, ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, swan with partly expanded wings swimming left, rev. arms of the county of Middlesex, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.28g/6h (DH 174). Usual light die flaws on reverse, good very fine and patinated, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £550
Matthew Denton series, ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. urn flanked by scythes and sprigs of laurel, arrow, skull and hour-glass below, edge plain, 27.52g/6h (DH 175a). Rim fault in edge at 8 o’clock on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with some original colour and attractive glossy surfaces, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,150
Peter Kempson series, London Buildings, Pennies (5), all type 1 with rev. die london promissory penny token, obvs. Guildhall (2), i promise edge, 26.10g/12h (DH 42), edge plain, 26.32g/12h (DH 42, edge not listed), Mansion House, 22.08g/6h (DH 43), Royal Exchange, 22.00g/12h (DH 45), Somerset House, edge plain, 25.49g/6h (DH 44a) [5]. About extremely fine and better but DH 42 with rim knocks, DH 44a with considerable original colour, DH 42 with plain edge and DH 45 extremely rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £280
Peter Kempson series, London Buildings, Pennies (5), all type 2 with rev. die london penny token, obvs. Bank of England, 22.34g/6h (DH 46), Bethlem Hospital, 23.49g/6h (DH 48), Carleton House, 21.82g/6h (DH 49), Chelsea Hospital, 22.65g/6h (DH 50), Christ’s Church Hospital, 23.38g/6h (DH 51) [5]. DH 51 extremely fine with virtually full original colour, others about extremely fine and better, mostly patinated £120-150
Hammer Price: £260
Peter Kempson series, London Buildings, Pennies (5), all type 2, obvs. Foundling Hospital, 22.39g/6h (DH 53), Goldsmith’s Hall, 23.77g/12h (DH 55), Greenwich Hospital, 22.04g/6h (DH 56), Guy’s Hospital, 23.14g/6h (DH 57), Ironmongers’ Almshouse, 23.68g/6h (DH 59) [5]. DH 55 and 56 about extremely fine, others extremely fine or better, DH 53 and 59 with virtually full original colour but latter bagmarked in obverse field £150-200
Hammer Price: £270
Peter Kempson series, London Buildings, Pennies (6), all type 2, obvs. Middlesex Hospital, 21.52g/6h (DH 61), Montague House altered for the British Museum, 22.26g/6h (DH 62), Monument, 25.53g/6h (DH 63), Old Ordnance Office, 25.49g/6h (DH 64, with flaw), Royal Exchange, 22.53g/12h (DH 65), St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 23.72g/6h (DH 47) [6]. DH 64 extremely fine with considerable original colour, others about extremely fine and better, but DH 61 lightly lacquered £150-200
Peter Kempson series, London Buildings, Pennies (6), all type 2, obvs. St George’s Hospital, 24.87g/6h (DH 54), St James’s Palace, 22.34g/6h (DH 58), St Luke’s Hospital, 23.49g/6h (DH 60), St Paul’s Church, 22.03g/6h (DH 52), St Thomas’s Hospital, 24.13g/6h (DH 66), Trinity Almshouse, 22.67g/6h (DH 67) [6]. DH 54 virtually as struck with full original colour, DH 60 very fine, others about extremely fine but DH 52 with edge fault and DH 58 heavily lacquered £120-150
Peter Kempson series, London Buildings, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 3 with revs. Britannia seated, obvs. London Bridge, 18.59g/6h (DH 68), Westminster Bridge, 19.13g/6h (DH 69) [2]. Extremely fine with original colour, but obverse of DH 70 spotted £80-100
Hammer Price: £370
Peter Kempson series, London Buildings, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 4 with revs. Justice seated, obvs. Blackfriars Bridge, 18.94g/6h (DH 71), Westminster Bridge, 18.47g/6h (DH 70) [2]. First very fine and lacquered, second about extremely fine with a hint of original colour £50-70
Hammer Price: £250
Peter Kempson series, London Buildings, Pennies, 1797 (8), all type 4, obvs. Aldersgate, 17.98g/6h (DH 74), Aldgate, 18.58g/6h (DH 73), Bishopsgate, 18.70g/6h (DH 75), Bridge Gate, 18.39g/6h (DH 76), Cripplegate, 18.10g/6h (DH 77), Ludgate, 17.84g/6h (DH 78), Moorgate, 17.71g/6h (DH 79), Newgate, 18.07g/6h (DH 80) [8]. DH 75 very fine but scuffed and knocked, others about extremely fine and better, several with original colour, DH 73 and 80 with especially attractive surfaces but latter with...
Hammer Price: £580
Paul Skidmore series, British Penny, 1797, Britannia seated right, rev. twr cypher, date on tablet below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.94g/6h (DH 6). Reverse edge fault at 5 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £850
Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (11), Abchurch Lane, St Mary’s, edge partly grained, 10.15g/12h (DH 538a); Aldermanbury, St Mary’s (2), skidmore edge, 12.87g/12h (DH 539), edge coarsely grained, 11.45g/12h (DH 539c); Aldersgate, St Ann’s, edge plain, 14.47g/10h (DH 540); St Botolph’s, edge plain, 11.49g/11h (DH 541); Basinghall Street, St Michael’s, coventry edge, 13.33g/11h (DH 545); Billingsgate, St Mary-at-Hill, edge plain, 11.28g/12h (DH 548a); Bishopsgate, St...
Hammer Price: £330
Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (8), Blackfriars, St Ann’s (2), undated, edge plain, 12.76g/12h (DH 553), 1797, edge plain, 10.20g/6h (DH 554); Botolph Lane, St Botolph’s, edge plain, 12.10g/11h (DH 556a); Bow Lane, St Mary’s, 1797, edge partly grained, 9.88g/12h (DH 558); Bread Street, St Mildred’s, edge plain, 11.59g/12h (DH 559); Cannon Street, St Swithin’s, edge plain, 13.37g/12h (DH 560); Cateaton Street, St Lawrence’s, edge plain, 14.14g/12h (DH 561); Cheapside,...
Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (11), Clerkenwell, St James’s (5), 1797, edge plain, 10.14g/12h (DH 564), and mules (4), revs. built anno domo 1792 (2), skidmore edge, 12.52g/12h (DH 565), white metal, plain edge, 8.73g/12h (DH 565a), arms, skidmore edge, 12.44g/12h (DH 566), open book, skidmore edge, 12.28g/12h (DH 567); Coleman Street, St Catherine’s, edge plain, 11.55g/1h (DH 569); St Stephens (2), undated, edge plain, 11.79g/12h (DH 570), 1797, edge plain, 11.57g/12h (DH...
Hammer Price: £350
Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (10), Cripplegate, St Giles’s, edge plain, 14.03g/12h (DH 576); Crutched Friars, Allhallows, 1797, edge partly grained, 9.80g/12h (DH 578); Dukes Place, St James’s, coventry edge, 12.72g/1h (DH 579); Eastcheap, St Clements, edge plain, 10.18g/12h (DH 580); Fleet Street, St Bride’s, coventry edge, 13.20g/11h (DH 583); St Dunstan’s, coventry edge, 13.19g/12h (DH 584); Friday Street, St Mathew’s, edge plain, 11.73g/11h (DH 585); Garlick Hythe...
Hammer Price: £340
Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (13), Hanover Square, St George’s (3), revs. wreath with no berries, edge plain, 14.50g/12h (DH 590), wreath with berries, edge plain, 13.13g/12h (DH 591), no stops in legend, edge plain, 13.26g/12h (DH 592a), and a mule, dove in wreath, rev. gb cypher, edge grained over skidmore holborn london, 13.28g/5h (DH 594); Holborn, St Andrew’s (2), skidmore edge, 13.10g/12h (DH 595), edge grained, 9.12g/12h (DH 595a); Leadenhall Street, St Andrew’s,...
Hammer Price: £410
Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (14), London Bridge, St Magnus (2), coventry edge, 13.55g/12h (DH 602), edge plain, 14.74g/12h (DH 602a); London Wall, St Alphage, edge plain, 9.29g/12h (DH 603); Lothbury, St Margaret’s, 1797, edge plain, 11.42g/12h (DH 605); Love Lane, St Mary’s (2), coventry edge, 13.89g/6h (DH 606), edge plain, 14.16g/12h (DH 606a); Ludgate, St Martin’s (5), with buildings at sides of church (2), undated, type 1, edge plain, 11.59g/12h (DH 607), type 3,...
Hammer Price: £440
Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (16), Old Jewry, St Olive’s (2), coventry edge, 13.65g/6h (DH 614), edge plain, 10.48g/12h (DH 614a); Old Street, St Luke’s (2), skidmore edge, 12.63g/12h (DH 615), edge partly grained, 8.86g/12h (DH 615a); Paddington, New Church (2), undated, coventry edge, 13.00g/6h (DH 616), 1797, edge plain, 14.03g/12h (DH 617); Paul’s Wharf, St Bennet’s (2), both 1797, built 1670, edge plain, 11.61g/10h (DH 618), a·d· 1691, edge plain, 9.05g/12h (DH...
Hammer Price: £480
Paul Skidmore series, Churches, Halfpence (15), Soho, St Ann’s, edge plain, 14.65g/12h (DH 627); Spitalfields, Church, coventry edge, 13.91g/12h (DH 628); Strand, St Clement’s (2), edge plain, 11.42g/12h (DH 631), coventry edge, 13.67g/5h (DH 631, edge unlisted); Thames Street, Allhallows, edge plain, 13.32g/12h (DH 632); Threadneedle Street, St Mary Outwich (2), undated, edge plain, 11.26g/11h (DH 634), 1797, edge plain, 12.11g/12h (DH 635); Tower Hill, Chapel in the Tower, edge plain,...
Hammer Price: £650
Paul Skidmore series, Gates, Halfpence (17), Aldersgate (2), built 1670, edge plain, 11.69g/12h (DH 647), bt 1670, edge plain, 12.12g/6h (DH 649); Aldgate, edge plain, 12.61g/12h (DH 646); Bishopsgate (2), undated, edge plain, 11.20g/12h (DH 650), 1797, edge plain, 12.16g/12h (DH 650 bis); Bridge Gate (2), undated, edge plain, 11.41g/1h (DH 651), 1797, edge plain, 11.56g/11h (DH 652); Cripplegate, edge plain, 9.63g/12h (DH 653); Ludgate (3), bt 1586 above building, edge plain, 11.12g/12h (DH...
Hammer Price: £720
John Skidmore series, Globe, Penny, 1797, Banqueting House, Whitehall, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.79g/6h (DH 125). Struck from rusted dies, extemely fine with some original colour but lightly lacquered, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £320
John Skidmore series, Globe, Penny, 1797, Christ’s Hospital, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.44g/12h (DH 126). Small spot on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £310
John Skidmore series, Globe, Pennies, 1797 (2), obvs. New Excise Office, 18.56g/12h (DH 128), South Sea House, 26.49g/7h (DH 129) [2]. Extremely fine, first lacquered and marked, second with attractive surfaces, rare £150-200
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 1, revs. City arms within wreath, obvs. Bank of England, 24.83g/7h (DH 81), Drury Lane Theatre, 24.50g/12h (DH 82) [2]. About extremely fine or better, both with a little original colour £150-200
Hammer Price: £240
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 1, obvs. King’s Theatre Haymarket, 24.37g/6h (DH 83), Trinity House, 24.37g/6h (DH 84) [2]. Extremely fine, first heavily lacquered, second from the obverse die with advanced flaw but with most attractive surfaces £120-150
Hammer Price: £150
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Penny, 1797, type 2, Lying-in Hospital, rev. City arms with coronet, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.37g/6h (DH 85). From the usual damaged reverse die, minor spotting, otherwise extremely fine with much original colour and most attractive surfaces, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £450
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 3, revs. City arms, cap of maintenance above, obvs. Tower of London, 24.48g/12h (DH 89), Treasury, 25.05g/6h (DH 88) [2]. Extremely fine, but DH 89 with rim fault at 11 o’clock and a spot on reverse £120-150
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Penny, 1797, type 3, Westminster Abbey, rev. City arms, cap of maintenance above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.27g/6h (DH 90). Virtually as struck and attractively patinated, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £300
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Penny, 1797, type 4, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. City arms surrounded with drapery, cap of maintenance divides date, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.11g/11h (DH 91). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, rare £120-150
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 5, revs. City arms, mural crown above, obvs. Albion Mill, 24.42g/12h (DH 92), Barbers’ Hall, 23.52g/11h (DH 95) [2]. Extremely fine, some original colour £120-150
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 5, obvs. Brewers’ Hall, 24.69g/11h (DH 96), Cordwainers’ Hall, 23.36g/12h (DH 97) [2]. First extremely fine with a little original colour, second nearly so £120-150
Hammer Price: £170
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Penny, 1797, type 5, Drapers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.66g/4h (DH 98). Virtually as struck, obverse with full original colour £90-120
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 5, obvs. Dyers’ Hall, 24.17g/12h (DH 99), Fishmongers’ Hall, 23.82g/6h (DH 100) [2]. First extremely fine with original colour, second nearly so and patinated £120-150
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 5, obvs. Grocers’ Hall, 24.38g/12h (DH 101), Haberdashers’ Hall, 18.53g/11h (DH 102) [2]. Extremely fine, first with the usual die flaw on obverse but with attractive surfaces, second with a little original colour but obverse spotted £120-150
Hammer Price: £110
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Penny, 1797, type 5, Horse and Foot Guards, Whitehall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.48g/12h (DH 93). Obverse die flaw in very early state, extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £420
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 5, obvs. Ironmongers’ Hall, 24.83g/1h (DH 103), Leadenhall, 23.47g/12h (DH 104) [2]. Minor spotting and obverse of DH 103 with small edge knock at 3 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Penny, 1797, type 5, Late Surgeons’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.20g/5h (DH 110). Small metal fault on obverse at 7 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine with attractive surfaces, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Penny, 1797, type 5, Leathersellers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.77g/5h (DH 105). Brilliant mint state, full original colour £100-150
John Skidmore series, London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 5, obvs. Merchant Taylors’ Hall, 18.95g/4h (DH 106), St Paul’s School, 23.75g/12h (DH 94) [2]. Extremely fine with original colour, particularly the first, but this with a spot on obverse £150-200
Hammer Price: £230
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