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Hampshire, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1790, bust of Sir Bevois left, rev. arms, edge engrailed, 9.24g/6h (DH 86b). Usual obverse die flaw, extremely fine wirth original colour, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Hampshire, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Westwood’s Halfpenny, 1790, bust of Sir Bevois in helmet left, rev. arms, edge payable at the office of w taylor r v moody and co, 13.17g/6h (DH 85). Virtually as struck and attractively patinated, very rare £100-£150
Hampshire, County series, Naval Farthings (3), bust of Earl Howe, rev. naval crown, 3.87g/6h (DH 106); bust of Admiral Macbride (2), revs. naval crown, 3.72g/7h (DH 112), anchor and cable, 4.01g/6h (DH 113) [3]. Extremely fine, original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £160
Herefordshire, Hereford, Robert Biddulph, Milton’s Penny, 1796, bull breaking its chains, election date above, rev. apple-tree and long-handled plough within wreath, edge plain, 18.54g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2012, p.165, b; DH 2). Very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £100
Hertfordshire, Bishop’s Stortford, Sir George Jackson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.67g/6h (DH 4, bronzed); Sawbridgeworth, Robert Orchard, Halfpenny, 12.01g/3h (DH 3); together with a modern electrotype copy of the Longman/Jan/Noble/Bobbe Orchard Penny, 1801, 34.33g/12h [3]. First about extremely fine, others good fine and better £80-£100
Kent, Brookland, Thomas King, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.71g/6h (DH 5); Deal, Richard Long, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.24g/6h (DH 11); Dover, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1795, 9.20g/12h (DH 19); Godington, John Toke II, brass hop tokens, 1767 (2), 6.67g/6h, 6.26g/6h (both Henderson 536; DH 22); Hawkhurst, Charles Hider, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.31g/6h (DH 30); Maidstone, Henry Oliver, Halfpenny, 1795, erased edge, 8.84g/6h (DH 36b), James Smyth, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.72g/6h (DH 37) [8]. DH 5 and 11 extremely fine, DH...
Hammer Price: £340
Kent, Gravesend, Denton’s Naval Penny, 1797, sailing barge, rev. crowned coronet, edge partially engrailed, 9.14g/12h (DH 1). An early striking from the undamaged reverse die, some spotting on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, reverse better and with a hint of original colour, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
Lancashire, Lancaster, Daniel Eccleston, Halfpenny, 1794, 12.62g/6h (DH 57), Abraham Seward, Penny, 1794, 20.74g/12h (DH 2, gilt), Thomas Worswick & Sons, imitation Halfpenny, 1794, 8.76g/6h (DH 44a), Westwood’s Farthing, 1791, 5.27g/6h (DH 151); Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, imitation Halfpenny, 1794, 9.54g/6h (DH 108d), Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 9.79g/6h (DH 114); Rochdale, John Kershaw, Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, 8.69g/6h (DH 149), Westwood’s Farthing, 1792, 5.19g/12h (DH 157) [8]. DH...
Hammer Price: £300
Lincolnshire, Lincoln, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.01g/12h (DH 1); Spalding [and Holbeach], Thomas Jennings, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.10g/12h (DH 5) [2]. About extremely fine, but second with area of discolouration on reverse £60-£80
London, Aldersgate Street, Michael and Harry Oppenheim, Halfpenny, 1797, frontal elevation of St Paul’s Cathedral, rev. weaver in loom, edge payable at m & h oppenheims toy warehouse london, 10.23g/6h (DH 398). Fine, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
London, Bank, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, Bank of England, rev. arms between palm and oak branches, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.40g/7h (DH 81). Extremely fine, diffused original colour £100-£150
Hammer Price: £220
London, Barbican, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Ironmongers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.87g/12h (DH 103). Small spot on lower reverse, otherwise extremely fine, original colour £100-£150
Hammer Price: £200
London, Bishopsgate, John Clark and Samuel Harris, Halfpenny, 1795, bust of George Washington right, large buttons on coat, rev. stove, edge grained right, 8.58g/6h (DH 283a; Musante 49; Whitman 10955; Breen 1271). Surface marks and edge knocks, otherwise fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £85
London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Halfpenny, 1795, Britannia seated left, rev. arms of the City, edge corner of wormwood street bishopsgate, 10.69g/12h (DH 378). Extremely fine with considerable original colour, scarce £80-£100
Hammer Price: £190
London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Prattent’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous but in fractured state, rev. je & co cypher, edge plain, 9.20g/6h (DH 382). Extremely fine and almost as made, original colour, rare £100-£150
London, Bishopsgate, Schooling & Son, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.60g/6h (DH 474); Blackfriars, Barnett Guest, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.10g/6h (DH 308), James Spittle [with J. Kirby and Richard Lashmar of Brighton, Sussex], Halfpenny, 1795, 8.85g/6h (DH 902), issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 10.13g/12h (DH 257a); Bloomsbury, James Burton, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.63g/6h (DH 305); Chandos Street, William Allen, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.38g/6h (DH 246); Cheapside, John Ching, Halfpenny, 9.27g/6h (DH 282); Chiswell Street,...
London, Bishopsgate, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Leathersellers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.33g/5h (DH 105). Some spotting, otherwise virtually as struck, almost full original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £320
London, Bow Street, Charles James, Spence’s Halfpenny, 1796, lion couchant, holding shield, rev. tiger, edge spence dealer in coins london, 12.76g/8h (DH 344). Extremely fine with original colour and attractive glossy surfaces £150-£200
Hammer Price: £420
London, Bow Street, Charles James, Spence’s Halfpenny, 1796, from the same dies as previous, edge spence dealer in coins london, 11.29g/8h (DH 344). Corrosion spot on lion’s rump, otherwise about extremely fine £70-£90
London, Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, seated figure of Londinia, buildings behind, shield distant from legend, rev. hands supporting crowned triangle, edge plain, 12.79g/12h (DH 294c). Some staining on obverse and light rubbing to high points, otherwise about extremely fine, reverse attractively toned, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £140
London, Cheapside, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Haberdashers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.97g/11h (DH 102). Spot below second s of haberdashers, otherwise extremely fine, glossy patina £100-£150
Hammer Price: £120
London, Cheapside, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Saddlers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.29g/11h (DH 107). Die flaw on obverse and striation marks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, patinated £80-£100
London, City Road, John Bebbington, Halfpenny, 9.05g/12h (DH 254), Thomas Hall, Lutwyche’s Pennies, 1795 (2), deformed dwarf, 17.67g/6h, 17.02g/6h (both DH 26); Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpence, 1795 (3), 10.68g/12h, 10.65g/6h (both DH 467), 11.33g/6h (DH 471); Coventry Street, Joshua Henderson, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.94g/6h (DH 292); Drury Lane, John Kilvington, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.33g/6h (DH 346) [8]. Last two extremely fine with much original colour, one DH 26 fine, others very...
Hammer Price: £260
London, City Road, Skidmore’s 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, 24.58g/6h (DH 85). From the usual damaged reverse die, extremely fine, attractive reflective patina, very rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £240
London, Clerkenwell, Joseph Askins, Jacobs’ Halfpenny, 1796, man standing with wooden leg, rev. ja cypher within wreath, the celebrated ventriloquist around, edge engrailed, 9.70g/6h (DH 251). Extremely fine with almost full original colour, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
London, Clerkenwell, Joseph Askins, Jacobs’ Halfpenny, 1796, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. the celebrated ventriloquist 1796 in 4 lines, edge engrailed, 9.37g/6h (DH Middlesex 252). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour, rare £120-£150
London, Clerkenwell, Thomas Gorton, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, fender and fire-irons, rev. tg cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.62g/6h (DH 16). Usual rim flaws, light spotting on obverse, otherwise extremely fine, rare £150-£200
London, Covent Garden, Charles Presbury & Co, Halfpenny, bust of Elizabeth I in high ruff almost facing, rev. legend, edge payable in london, 10.03g/6h (DH 464). Usual die flaws and traces of alterations in the reverse die, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £200-£260
London, Distaff Lane, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Cordwainers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.53g/12h (DH 97). Extremely fine with considerable original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £280
London, Dowgate, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Dyers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.89g/12h (DH 99). Extremely fine, some original colour £120-£150
London, Dowgate, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Skinners’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.89g/6h (DH 108). Extremely fine, patinated £100-£150
Hammer Price: £90
London, Dowgate, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Tallow Chandlers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.73g/6h (DH 111). Extremely fine, original colour £150-£200
London, Drury Lane, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, Drury Lane Theatre, rev. City arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.42g/1h (DH 82). Considerable die cud on obverse with associated signs of die fracturing, otherwise extremely fine with light patina, rare £120-150
London, Fetter Lane, John Milton, Penny, 1800, in white metal, female personifying Science seated on globe bearing zodiacal sign, rev. Bellerophon holding Pegasus, figure crawling up rock face in background, edge plain, 15.27g/12h (DH 36). From the usual flawed and uncompleted reverse die, rust marks both sides, otherwise completely free from tin pest, minor scrapes on reverse rim, about extremely fine, extremely rare £300-£400
London, Finsbury Square, Lackington, Allen & Co, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 8.93g/6h (DH 357), 8.76g/6h (DH 358a); Great Portland Street, Joseph Moore, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.71g/12h (DH 389); High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, large boar, 9.91g/6h (DH 342), imitation Halfpence by W.J. Taylor, c. 1870 (3), all with small boar, in copper, 11.89g/12h, in brass (2), 10.46g/6h, 10.42g/12h (all DH 343) [7]. Both DH 343s in brass and 389 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, DH...
London, Foster Lane, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, Goldsmiths’ Hall, rev. Goldsmiths’ arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.09g/6h (DH 166). About extremely fine £90-£120
London, Goodman’s Fields, Thomas Jordan & Co, brass Threepence, 1760, bear chained left, rev. thomas jordan and co. three pence, edge plain, 12.72g/12h (DH 3). Usual piercing, reverse die with early flaw developing, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £400-£500
London, Haymarket, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, King’s Theatre Haymarket, rev. City arms within wreath, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.18g/6h (DH 83). Extremely fine, light patina £100-£150
London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, New Excise Office, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 19.05g/12h (DH 128). Usual weakness in centre of obverse, otherwise extremely fine, original colour £120-£150
Hammer Price: £150
London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, guillotine, rev. conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette divided by date, edge grained, 8.22g/6h (DH 513). Extremely fine, original colour, rare £120-£150
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