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Marlow, Stephen Harris, Farthing, 1669, 0.54g/6h (BM 113; P-M –; N –; BW. 86). Flan crimped, otherwise good fine and extremely rare; only 3 specimens known to the cataloguer, the other two in institutions £200-250
Hammer Price: £580
18th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (8), 1790 (3), revs. Vulcan, 12.63g/12h (DH Warwickshire 425), 12.36g/12h (DH 426), 12.61g/12h (DH 428), 1795 (5), revs. forge, 11.29g/6h (DH 420), 11.21g/6h, 10.48g/6h (both DH 421), 11.24g/12h (DH 422), 10.75g/6h (DH 423); imitation Halfpence (4), 1792, rev. barge, 10.39g/6h (DH 339), 1793 (3), all wilkenson, revs. forge, 9.46g/6h (DH 417), 9.45g/6h (DH 417a), 11.42g/6h (DH 418) [12]. DH 422, 425 and 428...
Co Dublin, Dublin, Prattent’s ‘H’ Halfpence, 1795 (2), 10.01g/7h (DH 310), 9.14g/6h (DH 311); mule Halfpence (2), shield with h, revs. bust of Robert Orchard, 9.10g/6h (DH 313), standing figure of George Cook, 9.66g/6h (DH 314) [4]. First two very fine, others extremely fine and better with brown patina and reflective surfaces, these very rare £250-300
Winslow, Daniell Sayer, Farthing, 0.98g/12h (BM 199; P-M –; N –; BW. 152). Good fine but struck over uncertain undertype, very rare £150-200
18th Century Tokens, Ayrshire, Ayr, William Fullarton, Pattern Halfpenny, 1799, by J. Milton, in white metal, bust of Prince of Wales left, cud under bust, rev. cruciform shields displayed correctly, unbroken label of difference on impaled Scottish arms, edge plain, 7.78g/6h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, p,155, fig. 6; Stainton 31D; DH 5). Extremely fine with brilliant fields, an original striking, rare £300-350
High Wycombe, Robert Watson, Farthing, 1666, 0.59g/3h (BM 232; P-M –; N –; D 177B). Good fine and of the highest rarity; the best of the two known specimens and the only example in private hands £300-400
Hammer Price: £600
19th Century Tokens, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, ‘John Bastin’, Penny, 1812, St Mary’s Church, rev. legend, edge thin centre-grained, 22.94g/6h (W 672). Legends slightly double-struck, otherwise extremely fine with brown patina, very rare £500-600
17th Century Tokens, London (City), Aldersgate Street, Nicholas Warrin, Farthing, 0.79g/9h (N 6450; BW. 61); Bow Lane, John Wolrich, Farthing, 1652, 1.15g/6h (N 6682; BW. 386); Ivy Lane, Wil Osman, Farthing, 1.01g/6h (N 7163; BW. 1557); Old Change, N.I.B. at the willow tree, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (N 7444; BW. 2127); MIDDLESEX, Uxbridge, John Triplet, Halfpenny, 1.47g/12h (N 9266; BW. 236); SOUTHWARK, Borough High Street, Thomas Hall, Farthing, 1.07g/6h (N 4880; BW. 51); SURREY, Newington Butts,...
17th Century Tokens, Surrey (Metropolitan), Bankside, Thomas Seabro, Farthing, 0.79g/10h (N 4742; BW. 130); Bermondsey, I.L.S., the cock and pie, Farthing, 0.64g/12h (N 4767; BW. 164); Bridge Foot, Cornelius Cooke, Farthing, 1.23g/6h (N 4893; BW. 198); Horselydown Lane, Richard Baxter, Halfpenny, 1.18g/6h (N 4928; BW. 247); Jacob Street, W.A.C., the bvnch of grapes, Farthing, 0.90g/6h (N 4941; BW. 274); Montague Close, Mary Loudell, Farthing, 0.89g/6h (N 4970; BW. 319); Pepper Alley, Thomas...
Miscellaneous, Engraved coins (2), George III, Pennies, both 1797, one with rev. planed flat and engraved (Sarah Henshall 1799, From A Friend), other with both sides planed flat and engraved (There’s something awful in the word Adieu, When breath’d to those that I do love so true), rev. (Charles Mance, Aged 21 Years), 25.94g, 23.77g [2]. Fine £60-80
Miscellaneous, Machine tokens (approx. 1,000), all different, in envelopes identified; together with a manuscript catalogue of the series in 9 ring binders, in a neat hand with comprehensive detail and pencil rubbings, and an album of photographs of pieces intended for a future publication on the series [Lot]. Generally very fine, an extensive collection worthy of proper publication £500-1,000
Co Dublin, Swords, W.H. Co, imitation Halfpence (3), 1792, 5.73g/12h (DH 380), 1804 (2), fingall halfpenny, 6.14g/12h (DH 379), for the good of the public, 6.25g/12h (DH 381); Uncertain locality, ‘R.L.T. & Co’, imitation Halfpence, 1792 (17), 8.91g/6h (DH 355), 8.53g/6h (DH 356), 8.04g/6h (DH 357), 7.95g/6h (DH 357a), 8.87g/6h (DH 358), 8.68g/6h (DH 359), 7.41g/6h (DH 360), 8.74g/6h (DH 361), 9.05g/6h (DH 362), 8.46g/6h (DH 363), 9.58g/6h (DH 364), 9.21g/6h (DH 367), 7.54g/6h (DH 368),...
Hammer Price: £620
Co Wicklow, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], Halfpence, 1792 (28), harp with 5 strings, 11.40g/5h (DH Dublin 29); harp with 6 strings (8), 10.33g/10h (DH 30), 10.38g/6h (DH 33), 10.93g/6h (DH 33 bis), 9.80g/6h (DH 36 bis), 11.22g/2h (DH 37), 10.59g/6h (DH – [Silvis 37 bis]), 10.63g/5h (DH 39), 10.51g/9h (DH 40); harp with 7 strings (19), 10.23g/8h (DH 44), reads halfplnny, 9.56g/6h (DH 45), 11.34g/6h (DH 46), 10.97g/6h (DH 47), 9.87g/6h (DH 50), 10.19g/6h (DH 51),...
Hammer Price: £650
Miscellaneous, Transportation token, a copper Penny-sized blank, stipple-engraved (When this you see Remember me and bear me in your mind let all the world say what), rev. (They will, Speak of me as you find G. Lake May 12 1831), 34mm, 15.85g (cf. Millett pp.91-3). Fine £100-150
LONDON, Haymarket, Her Majesty’s Theatre, a pair of ivory tickets, 1860, named (William Pain, Box 24, 1; Alice Pain, Box 24, 2), both 35mm, 6.34g, 5.90g (D & W 30/324ff; MG 134-6) [2]. Very fine and very rare as a pair; with original dark blue ribands £350-450
18th Century Tokens, Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Halfpence, 1791 (11), all Williams issue, 14.42g/6h (DH 399), 14.21g/6h (DH 400), 13.41g/6h (DH 401), 14.25g/6h (DH 401a), 13.51g/6h (DH 402), 14.01g/6h (DH 404), 13.89g/6h (DH 406), 14.33g/6h (DH 406a), 13.91g/6h (DH 407), 13.88g/6h (DH 408), 13.90g/6h (DH 409) [11]. DH 399 and 404 fine, DH 400 fair, others about very fine and better, particularly DH 402 and 409 £90-120
Hammer Price: £680
18th Century Tokens, Anglesey, Amlwch, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (14), revs. Irish Mine Co shield (3), 10.03g/12h (DH 428), london edge, 8.28g/12h (DH 428a), edge plain, 9.97g/12h (DH 428b); seated Britannia (3), 7.77g/12h, 7.72g/12h (both DH 429, former countermarked te on obv.), edge payable at the house of peter anderson london, 13.06g/12h (DH 429b, description corrected); seated Vulcan (3), 7.89g/6h (DH 430), asylum edge, 8.31g/6h (DH 430a), edge plain, 8.12g/6h (DH 430b); female...
Miscellaneous, Transportation token, a George III Penny, 1797, stipple-engraved (When this you see Remember me and bear me in your mind let all the world say what they will don’t prove to me unkind), rev. (William Pritchett to Caroline Hens age 20, 1833), conjoined hearts and arrows, 24.56g (cf. Millett pp.91ff). Fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £700
18th Century Tokens, Co Offaly (King’s County), Charleville, Charles Bury, Thirteen Pence, 1802 (2), arms and supporters, revs. payable at tullamoore, etc, upper portion of a in tuesday clear, edges plain, 21.68g/6h, 21.16g/6h (both DH 1 [illustrated as DH 2]). First virtually as struck with glossy dark brown patina, second good fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £720
17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Wem, William Alanson, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.00g/6h (N 3934; BW. 97); John Chettwood, Halfpenny, 2.49g/12h (N 3935; BW. 98); John Shenton, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.18g/6h (N 3938; BW. 101) [3]. First fine but with some surface verdigris, others fair, last with large piercing, all very rare £100-150
Chesham, John Tyler, Farthing, 1665, 0.92g/12h (BM 68; P-M –; N –; BW. 52). About extremely fine and very rare; the finest specimen known to the cataloguer £250-300
Hammer Price: £780
Unlocalised issues, Taylor’s restrike mule Halfpenny, from dies by J. Milton and N.-A. Ponthon [for M. Boulton], bust of Prince of Wales left, rev. female dropping herbs into a brick-still, edge plain, 10.56g/12h (Dyles, BNJ 2002, p.158; DH Ayrshire 8; Bell, TT p.116, this piece illustrated). Obverse die with light rust marks, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, extremely rare £400-600
Hammer Price: £820
Co Wicklow, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], imitation Halfpence, 1792 (14), all ‘Incorporated by Act of Parliament’ legends, ‘Calmac Ryan and Calmac’, 9.55g/6h (DH Dublin 174); ‘Canac Roan and Canac’ (3), derry edge, 8.56g/6h (DH 175), ballishannon edge, 9.26g/6h (DH 175a), 8.52g/6h (DH 176); ‘Canac Ryan and Canac’ (3), dublin edge, 9.04g/6h (DH 177), edge plain, 8.96g/6h (DH 177, edge unlisted), 8.94g/6h (DH 178); ‘Canac Rone and Canac’ (3),...
Hammer Price: £900
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, boy with press, rev. female standing holding cap of Liberty, edge payable in london and engrailed, 8.11g/6h (DH 54). Virtually as struck with full original colour, rare £300-500
Hammer Price: £920
Countermarked Tokens, Clackmannanshire, Alloa, a contemporary base metal counterfeit of a Mexico, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1794fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked payable at alloa colliery + around 5/ incuse, 22.69g/12h (Manville 5). Coin mediocre, countermark very fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £950
Co Dublin, Dublin, William Begg, Farthings (2), 1797, 3.21g/6h (DH 382), undated, 2.99g/12h (DH 383) [2]. First extremely fine with a hint of original colour and glossy surfaces, attractive, second good very fine and very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £1,050
Co Wicklow, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], imitation Halfpence, 1792 (19), harp with 6 strings (5), dublin edge, 9.37g/5h (DH Dublin 42), banbury edge, 9.41g/6h (DH 42a), m. abel edge, 9.77g/5h (DH 42b), matthew’s edge, 9.46g/5h (DH 42c), passable every where edge, 9.40g/6h (DH 43); harp with 7 strings (14), 8.45g/6h (DH – [Silvis 63 bis]), 8.17g/6h (DH 74), savage edge, 9.23g/12h (DH 76), 8.98g/6h (DH – [Silvis 77 bis II]), dublin cork or derry edge, 7.88g/5h...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Co Wicklow, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], imitation Halfpence, 1792 (17), harp with 8 strings (10), dublin edge, 8.04g/6h (DH Dublin 91), birmingham edge, 8.83g/6h (DH 91a), london edge, 9.98g/6h (DH 91b), edge plain, 6.97g/6h (DH 91c), 7.27g/6h (DH 111), 8.21g/6h (DH – [Silvis 112 bis II]), 6.49g/12h (DH 115), 8.39g/5h (DH 123), inverted hm co cypher, 7.75g/12h (DH 124), 8.96g/7h (DH 132); harp with 9 strings (7), 6.34g/12h (DH 147), inverted hm co cypher,...
19th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, The largest copper coin ever issued in Great Britain: Birmingham, Workhouse, Sixpence, 1813, elevation of Workhouse, rev. arms, edge plain, 166.30g/6h (W 375). Two large incisions on obverse, reverse with marks in field most likely caused by the manufacturing process, otherwise about very fine and extremely rare, believed about 10 specimens now known £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,150
19th Century Tokens, Wiltshire, Staverton, John Jones, Penny, 1811, view of the Staverton factory, rev. ram suspended from ribbon, edge grained, 18.42g/6h (W 1109). Light hairlines on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck with attractive light to medium brown patina and reflective surfaces, extremely rare and one of the finest in private hands £600-800
17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Constantine Overton, Halfpence, 1663 (3, from two obv. and two rev. dies), mm. large rosette both sides, 2.59g/6h (N 3924 obv., different rev.; BW. 84; Lowe 118:13, this piece), mm. large rosette on obv., mullet on rev., 2.23g/9h (N 3924; BW. 84), mm. small rosette on obv., mullet on rev., 1.79g/3h (N 3924 rev., different obv.; BW. 84; Lowe 118:12, this piece); Samuell Ridgeway, Halfpenny, 1671, 1.05g/12h (N –; BW. 85; Lowe 118:14, this piece)...
Co Wicklow, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], imitation Halfpence, 1792 (13), mostly ‘Incorporated by Act of Parliament’ legends, ‘Camak Kian and Kamac’ (2), 6.21g/6h (DH Dublin 198), 6.48g/6h (DH 199); ‘Kamac Kian and Camak’, reads parlourment, 5.51g/6h (DH 201); ‘Canac Kran and Canac’, reads prcliament, 5.36g/12h (DH 202), ‘Camag Chairman [and Turner’], for the good of trade, 4.77g/12h (DH – [obv. unlisted/203 rev.]), 6.11g/11h (DH – [obv....
Hammer Price: £1,300
18th Century Tokens, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Farming Monopolies, 1800, a white metal medal, unsigned [by J.G. Hancock for P. Kempson], head left with distended mouth attempting to swallow a globe, rev. Eye of Providence above gloved hand dispensing coins to other hands, 37mm, 16.16g/12h (DH Middlesex 239; BHM 497). Trifling marks, otherwise extremely fine and retaining considerable original brilliance, rare £350-400
Hammer Price: £1,400
17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Michaell Wildinge, Farthing, 0.48g/6h (N 3929; BW. 92), Halfpenny, 1664, 2.24g/3h (N 3930; BW. 91); Joshua Willis, Halfpence (2), mm. mullet, 1.42g/6h (N –; BW. 94; Lowe 118:21, this piece), mm. clove, 2.95g/6h (N 3931; BW. 93) [4]. BW. 92 fair and edge chipped, others fine to very fine, BW. 94 rare and overstruck on a bi-metallic Halfpenny of Will Swift of Worcester [N 5769] £120-150
Midland Railway, an oval silver engraved Director’s Ticket, crest, rev. legend, named (Mr Hudson), 40 x 28mm, 15.28g/6h (D & W –; MG –; Swan –). Pierced for wear, very fine and extremely rare £800-1,000
Co Wicklow, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], imitation Halfpence (18), ‘Incorporated by Act of Parliament’ legends (9), 1790, 4.94g/4h (DH Dublin 214), 1793, 9.20g/5h (DH 215), 1794 (2), 9.05g/6h (DH 216), 8.71g/6h (DH 217), 1796 (5), 8.71g/6h (DH 222), 9.69g/6h (DH 223), 8.81g/6h (DH 224), 8.44g/6h (DH 225), 4.65g/12h (DH – [Silvis 225 bis II]); ‘Industry Has Its Sure Reward’ legends (8), 1792 (6), 9.12g/6h (DH 180), 9.69g/6h (DH 182), 7.32g/6h (DH 183),...
Hammer Price: £1,450
Manchester & Birmingham Railway, an oval silver engraved ticket, conjoined shields, rev. named (George Hudson, Director, 1842), 25 x 20mm (D & W –; MG –; Swan –). Pierced for wear, very fine and extremely rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £1,500
Co Wicklow, Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], Mossop’s Penny, Hibernia seated left between still and harp, spade and pick-axe in exergue, rev. hm co cypher, edge payable in dublin or ballymurtagh, 18.52g/6h (DH Dublin 2, this piece illustrated). Obverse with some light wear, very fine, reverse better but with trifling edge nicks, of the highest rarity; the only specimen to have appeared on the market since World War II £1,000-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,750
Co Offaly (King’s County), Charleville, Charles Bury, Proof Thirteen Pence, 1802, in gilt-copper, arms and supporters, rev. payable at tullamoore, etc, upper portion of a in tuesday clear, edge plain, 22.11g/6h (DH 1 [illustrated as DH 2]). Brilliant and practically as struck with flawless fields, most attractive and very rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £1,850
17th Century Tokens, Shropshire, Whitchurch, John Bathoe, Halfpenny, [16]66, mm. pierced cinquefoil both sides, 1.33g/9h (N 3939 rev., different obv.; BW. 104; Lowe 122:1 rev., different obv.); Edw[ard] Newton and Humphrey Rowley, Halfpenny, 1.01g/2h (N 3940; BW. 106); Humphrey Rowley, octagonal Penny, 1669, 3.06g/12h (N –; BW. 107; Lowe 122:2, same dies) [3]. First about fine and very rare, second mediocre, last very fine £150-200
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