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Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpenny, coining press, rev. boxers, edge spence dealer in coins london, 10.92g/7h (DH 740). Usual obverse die flaw, extremely fine with original colour £120-150
Hammer Price: £360
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpence (5), bust of Charles Fox right, rev. caduceus, 9.04g/6h (DH 763a); bust of Lord George Gordon, rev. Sessions House, Old Bailey, 10.28g/6h (DH 780a); heads of man and ass conjoined, rev. heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined, 11.92g/6h (DH 795b); heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined, revs. heart and hand (2), 9.30g/6h (DH 804b), 8.37g/12h (DH 804c) [5]. First about extremely fine with a little original colour, o...
Hammer Price: £300
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpence (4), heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined, rev. shepherd, 8.83g/6h (DH 808b); two men dancing round fire, rev. Britannia, 11.60g/6h (DH 819); pig, rev. noted advocates, etc, 8.02g/6h (DH 842b); man in prison gnawing bone, rev. lion and cock, 9.00g/5h (DH 852) [4]. First extremely fine with original colour, last nearly so, others very fine £140-180
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], ‘Spence’s’ mule Halfpenny, man hanging series, type 2, man with short legs, rev. may the knave, etc, edge plain, in collar, 12.57g/12h (DH 831). About extremely fine, brown patina £100-150
Hammer Price: £400
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpence (4), shepherd, revs. stag and tree, 10.21g/6h (DH 860), Tree of Liberty, 10.73g/6h (DH 861a); bust of John Thelwall right, rev. Sessions House, Old Bailey, 10.35g/6h (DH 868); bust of John Horne Tooke, rev. heart and hand, 10.83g/5h (DH 876) [4]. DH 868 very fine, others about extremely fine, DH 861a on large flan £180-220
Hammer Price: £270
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence mule Halfpenny, in white metal, bust of John Thelwall right, rev. Minerva, edge plain, 7.96g/6h (DH 866a). Some surface marks, otherwise very fine and very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £50
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Farthings (4), bust left, rev. pig, 3.49g/6h (DH 1081); Adam and Eve, revs. Britannia, 3.47g/6h (DH 1084), man on bull with ass’s head, 3.09g/6h (DH 1085), slave, 3.07g/6h (DH 1089) [4]. First about very fine, last very fine, others extremely fine with original colour £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Farthings (5), Even Fellows, rev. padlock, 3.40g/6h (DH 1095a); legend, revs. man on bull with ass’s head, 2.94g/6h (DH 1112), conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.49g/6h (DH 1115), pig, 2.98g/12h (DH 1117), slave, 3.16g/6h (DH 1118) [5]. First extremely fine with almost full original colour, others very fine, DH 1115 better £150-200
Hammer Price: £220
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Taylor’s Halfpenny for William Till, man hanging from gallows, demon seated on top bar smoking a pipe, rev. man and monkey, each dancing on one leg, edge plain, 9.90g/12h (DH 836). A later striking from rusty dies, graze to right of hanging man, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £600
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Westwood’s Collectors’ Halfpenny, 1796, connoisseur smoking pipe, seated at table spread with medals, elderly figure placing a fool’s cap on his head, rev. ass and mule standing facing, be assured friend mule, etc, edge any sum given for scarce original impressions, 10.99g/6h (DH 298). Usual die flaw on reverse, very fine, obverse better, rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £500
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Westwood’s British Commercial Proof Halfpenny, 1797, in gilt-copper, bust of George III right, rev. Britannia seated left on cannon, edge armis tvteris moribvs ornes, 14.22g/12h (DH 1006a). Obverse die flaw in very early stage, extremely fine and brilliant, a great rarity and the first gilt Proof to appear at auction in over 50 years £400-600
Hammer Price: £520
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Hancock and Jorden’s ‘End of Pain’ Halfpenny, 10.96g/6h (DH 829a); Kempson’s ‘End of Pain’ Halfpenny, in brass, 11.11g/6h (DH 837) [2]. First with usual die crack on reverse, fine, second about fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £170
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Kempson’s Admiral Gardner Election token, 1796, Gardner in naval uniform standing in front of a cannon, rev. obelisk at left, fox standing on three blocks, no majesty but that of the people, etc, edge plain, 22.66g/6h (DH 226; BHM 411). Extremely fine with original colour £90-120
Hammer Price: £210
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Kempson’s Thomas Erskine Halfpenny, 8.14g/6h (DH 1010); Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Halfpenny, 9.63g/12h (DH 1012); Kempson’s Sir Isaac Newton series, Halfpence, 1793 (2), 10.11g/6h (DH 1033), 9.46g/6h (DH 1035c), Farthings, 1793 (2), 4.47g/2h (DH 1151), 3.77g/6h (DH 1160), 3.78g/6h (DH 1159); together with other Middlesex tokens (3), DH 1035, 1035a, 1154 [10]. DH 1035c, 1151 and 1159 about extremely fine and better, all with original colour, others desc...
Hammer Price: £80
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, two barristers standing holding label inscribed bill of rights, magna charta above, rev. legend in 9 lines, edge engrailed, 9.50g/12h (DH 1011). Spot on obverse, otherwise good very fine and toned £120-150
Hammer Price: £140
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Lutwyche’s Prince of Wales Halfpence (6), 9.53g/6h (DH 952), 9.12g/6h (DH 953), 9.34g/6h (DH 953a), 9.61g/6h (DH 954), 9.39g/6h (DH 961), 9.19g/6h (DH 962a); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 9.60g/6h (DH 957); Lutwyche’s Princess of Wales Halfpence, 1795 (3), 8.70g/6h (DH 979), 9.19g/6h (DH 980), 9.84g/6h (DH 981c); Lutwyche’s Duke of York Halfpence (3), 9.29g/6h (DH 985), 9.48g/6h (DH 985a), 7.54g/6h (DH 988); Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Caro...
Hammer Price: £260
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Lutwyche’s Anti-Slavery Halfpence (2), 9.33g/6h (DH 1037), 9.92g/12h (DH 1038i); Lutwyche’s Earl Stanhope Halfpenny, 9.86g/6h (DH 1040); together with other Middlesex tokens (3), DH 1019, 1041, 1041e [6]. First and third very fine, second good fine, others in varied state £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Lutwyche’s Anti-Slavery Halfpence (2), 8.41g/6h (DH 1038), 7.96g/3h (DH 1039a) [2]. First fine but reverse scratched, second fair £60-80
Hammer Price: £70
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Mainwaring’s ‘Map of France’ Halfpence, 1794 (4), 10.29g/12h (DH 1016d), 9.69g/6h (DH 1016e), 10.10g/12h (DH 1017e), 10.07g/6h (DH 1017f); Skidmore’s Revd. William Romaine Halfpenny, 1795, 9.76g/12h (DH 1036; BHM 402); Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, revs. murd. by the factious, etc, 7.23g/12h (DH 995a), anchor and cable, 10.14g/6h (DH 998) [7]. DH 1016e and 1017f fine, DH 1036 extremely fine with much or...
Hammer Price: £65
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Skidmore’s Penny for the Centenary of the Revolution, bust of William III within border, rev. lion rampant supporting arms, edge plain, 23.12g/6h (DH 199; Woolf 75:5; BHM 285; D & W 173/560). Almost extremely fine, a little original colour £90-120
Hammer Price: £160
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Skidmore’s Halfpenny for the Aborted Viewing of the Dutch Prizes at the Nore, 1797, laureate bust of George III right, rev. to commemorate his majesty, etc, edge grained, 9.04g/12h (DH 943; BHM 421; Hawkins p.100). Weak in centre of reverse, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, rare £100-150
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Uncertain manufacturers, Benevolent Choral Fund Halfpenny, 1791, 9.93g/7h (DH 1023); Thomas Hardy Halfpence, 1794 (2), 8.74g/12h (DH 1025), 8.26g/6h (DH 1027); John Horne Tooke’s Halfpenny, 1794, 9.18g/12h (DH 1044a); Tom Tackle Halfpenny, 7.63g/12h (DH 1048); ‘Pro Bono Publico’ Farthings (3), H.B., 1803, 2.37g/6h (DH 1174a; Davis Not Local 116), plumes in shield types (2), 1796, 3.10g/12h (DH 1168), 1797, 3.79g/6h (DH 1170); Irish Commerce Protected, 18...
Hammer Price: £150
Norfolk, Blofield, Kempson’s Proof Halfpenny, 1796, in silver, group of weapons and musical instruments, rev. mounted dragoon, loyal norfolk yeomanry, edge fear god and honour the king, 13.42g/12h (DH 6). Usual die flaw in reverse field in early stage, extremely fine and toned, very rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £440
Somerset, Glastonbury, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, remains of Glastonbury Abbey, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.80g/12h (DH Middlesex 135). Die flaw on obverse in advanced stage, very fine, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £75
Suffolk, Beccles, issuer uncertain, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.92g/6h (DH 16); Bungay, Samuel Prentice, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.28g/6h (DH 22), Samuel Prentice, Samuel Delf and Mathias Abel Sr, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.76g/6h (DH 21); Bury St Edmunds, James Goer, Halfpenny, 9.94g/6h (DH 27); Hoxne and Hartsmere, Thomas Tallant, Penny, 1795, 21.51g/6h (DH 6a); together with other 18th century tokens of Suffolk (20) [25]. Those described very fine and better, DH 6a with original colour but striking f...
Suffolk, Beccles, issuer uncertain, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 1795, 11.15g/6h (DH 16); SURREY, Southwark, Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpenny, St Thomas’s, 11.26g/12h (DH 675a); MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Westwood’s Farthing, 1791, 5.80g/12h (DH 63) [3]. Last very fine, others practically as struck with full original colour £80-100
Hammer Price: £90
Surrey, Dulwich, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Dulwich College, rev. fictitious arms, 24.80g/6h (DH Middlesex 152). Usual die flaw on reverse at 8 o’clock, a few light spots, otherwise practically as struck with full original colour £120-150
Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, family arms, crest of an armed warrior above, ghb cypher below, rev. figure of Justice in sunken oval divides date in Roman numerals, facta aquato examine librat, edge plain, 14.57g/12h (DH 68). About extremely fine, very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Warwickshire, Birmingham, James Sketchley, Masonic Halfpence (4), 8.95g/6h (DH Middlesex 367), 9.38g/6h (DH 371a), 9.80g/6h (DH 372b), 9.51g/6h (DH 372e); together with other Sketchley Masonic Halfpence (11), DH 369a, 369b, 369d, 370, 370a, 370e, 371, 372, 372a, 372c, 373 [15]. DH 367 virtually as struck with full original colour, others described very fine, remainder fine and better but two lacquered £80-100
Co Dublin, Dublin, William Binns, Halfpenny, 1799, 7.68g/6h (DH 347), John Lloyd and Joseph Ridley, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.46g/6h (DH 340), William Parker, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.32g/6h (DH 351b); IRELAND, unlocalised Penny, 1814, 14.27g/6h (W 1931) and a plated Penny, 1818 (W 1915) [5]. First three very fine and better, others in varied state £150-200
Hammer Price: £130
Co Dublin, Dublin, Talbort Fyan, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.78g/6h (DH 308a); Geale & MacBride, Halfpenny, 6.30g/12h (W 1813; DH 309 bis; cf. DNW 66, 944) [2]. First extremely fine with original colour, second fine £80-100
Co Dublin, Dublin, Geale & MacBride, Halfpenny, legend, rev. fashionable furnishing, etc, edge plain, 6.45g/12h (W 1813; DH 309 bis; cf. DNW 66, 944). Very fine and very rare £70-90
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