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Waters, A.W., Trial of Thomas Spence in 1801, together with his Description of Spensonia…also a Brief Life of Spence and a Description of his Political Token Dies, Leamington Spa, 1917, 131pp, illustrations in text, copy no.54 signed by the author. Contemporary maroon half morocco, spine gilt, maroon endpapers, original card covers bound-in; slight rubbing at extremities but internally very fine, very rare (£250-350)
Hammer Price: £1,050
Bangor, Seth Roberts, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, crowned harp dividing rd, v below, all within ornamented circle, rev. sth r cypher, 4 below, all in wreath, edge grained, 9.24g/12h (DH 1). Spot above s of sth on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with a little original colour, very rare (£500-700)
Hammer Price: £820
Carmarthen, John Morgan, uniface die trial for the obv. of a Halfpenny, 1792, view of interior of ironworks, iohn morgans iron works and date around, caermarthen below, edge payable at london bristol and caermarthen ·x·, 15.09g (DH 1). Usual flaw through iron, extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare (£500-700)
Hammer Price: £800
Cornwall, Truro 2; Dorset, Poole 6a; Herefordshire, Hereford 5; Middlesex, Hampton 154, Political series 1033; Norfolk, Aylsham 5a, Norwich 14, 19, 24, 24c [2], 26e, 28; Nottinghamshire, Nottingham 7; Oxfordshire, Banbury 1; Shropshire, Coalbrook Dale 10; Somerset, Bath 4, 40, Bristol 89; Staffordshire, Leek 10; Suffolk, Blything 19, Bury St Edmunds 26, Haverhill 31, Sudbury 38; Sussex, Brighton 2, Chichester 15 [2], 19, Eastbourne 21, Northiam 34; Warwickshire, Birmingham 1, 120, 144, 151,...
Hammer Price: £680
Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], Halfpence (31), 1792 (13), harp with 6 strings, 10.80g/6h (DH Dublin 38), 7 strings (3), reads halfplnny, 10.70g/6h (DH Dublin 45), 10.70g/7h (DH Dublin 61), 10.66g/6h (DH Dublin 71), 8 strings (3), 11.08g/6h (DH Dublin 95), 10.44g/6h (DH Dublin 99), 10.96g/6h (DH Dublin 113), 9 strings (3), 11.05g/6h (DH Dublin 134), 11.30g/6h (DH Dublin 148 bis 1), 11.00g/6h (DH Dublin 158 bis), 10 strings (2), 10.52g/6h (DH Dublin 159), 11.18g/6h (DH...
Hammer Price: £660
Pennies (3), Halfpence (111), Farthings (3), various counties [117]. Many fine, some better (£250-350)
Hammer Price: £650
Kirkcaldy, Robert Boog, Kempson’s Penny, 1797, bust of Adam Smith right, rev. agricultural implements by quay-side, edge plain, 29.61g/6h (DH 1; Brodie 159). Minor grazes in field in front of bust, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £600
[Paine, T.], The Writings of Thomas Paine: Common Sense; addressed to the Inhabitants of America, Albany, 1791, 60pp; The Crisis: in thirteen numbers, written during the late War, Albany, 1792; 186pp; Public Good: being an Examination into the Claim of Virginia to the vacant Western Territory…Albany, nd [1792], 41pp; Letter addressed to the Abbé Raynal on the Affairs of North America, Albany, nd [1792], vii + 70pp; Letters, to the Earl of Shelburne…to Sir Guy Carlton…to the authors of...
Hammer Price: £550
Spence, T., The Coin Collector’s Companion, London, 1795, 50pp, Addenda and 6pp Supplement. Original brown calf, ribbed and gilt spine; binding somewhat weak at front, internally fine and clean, very rare; with the bookplate of John Temple on inside front cover (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £520
Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1788, in silver, druid’s head encircled by wreath with 24 acorns, rev. pm co cypher, horizontal acorn stop, edge payable in anglesey london or liverpool, 14.03g/12h (DH 339). Some light marks on obverse, otherwise better than very fine and toned, very rare (£250-300)
Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Pennies, 1787 (17), all with thick wreath and curved 7 in date, single acorn at tie (2), 28.11g/12h (DH 18), 29.37g/12h (DH 19); two acorns at tie (7), 28.08g/12h (DH 25), 28.11g/12h (DH 28), 28.69g/12h (DH 29), 29.33g/12h (DH 30), 29.08g/12h (DH 31), 29.60g/12h (DH 32), 28.66g/12h (DH 36); four acorns at tie (8), 29.02g/12h (DH 41), 28.19g/12h (DH 42), 28.44g/12h (DH 44), 28.54g/12h (DH 45), 29.04g/12h (DH 50), 28.72g/12h (DH 55), 28.53g/12h (DH 56), 28.92g/12h (DH...
Hammer Price: £500
Aberdeen, Denton’s Halfpenny, 1797, ancient fortress, rev. JB cypher, edge plain, 7.13g/6h (DH 1; Brodie 134). Struck over an imitation ‘Shakespeare’ Halfpenny dated 1790 [DH Warwickshire 327f], extremely fine with a little original colour, very rare (£250-300)
Bilston, A. Ellis (UFS 210), T. & F. Lewis (2, UFS 220, 230); Darlaston, T. Wilkes (UFS 1510); Great Bridge, Gregory & Co (2, both UFS 1690); Hanley, David King (UFS 1750), E. Moore (UFS 1760); Newcastle-under-Lyme, George Berks (UFS 3720), William Dixon (UFS 3730), W. Hargreaves (UFS 3740), T. Highfield (2, UFS 3750, 3760), W. Howson & Son (UFS 3770); Smethwick, Lea & Edwards (UFS 4630); Stafford, Thomas Bamford (UFS 4760), Isaac Barton (UFS 4770), C. Dutton (UFS 4780); Stoke-on-Trent, W....
Hammer Price: £480
Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Pennies (14), 1788 (13), all with thin wreath and short-topped p in cypher, curved 1 and straight 7 in date (6), 28.40g/12h (DH 172), 28.35g/12h (DH 186), 27.48g/12h (DH 206), 28.32g/12h (DH 208), 28.97g/12h (DH 214), 28.85g/12h (DH – [214 obv., 171 rev.]); straight 1 and 7 in date (7), 28.90g/12h (DH 220), 27.58g/12h (DH 226), 27.89g/12h (DH 230), 27.91g/12h (DH 231), 27.94g/12h (DH 234), 28.81g/12h (DH 237), 28.87g/12h (DH 241); 1791, Boulton issue, 28.00g/6h (DH...
Hammer Price: £440
Conder, J., An Arrangement of Provincial Coins, Tokens and Medalets issued in Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, London, 1799, address, preface [by J. Wright], 261pp, engraved plates from Virtuoso’s Companion pasted-in. Modern maroon cloth by L.A. Wells, Waltham, Massachusetts [relating invoice tipped-in], spine gilt, internally somewhat foxed; signed John Carswell, July 19th 1810 on last free endpaper at front, and extensively annotated by him with details of acquisition dates of...
Hammer Price: £410
Pye, C., Provincial Copper Coins or Tokens issued between the Years 1787 and 1801, London, 1801, 18pp + 52 engraved plates. Brown quarter-morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt; considerably scuffed at extremities and with tape binding front and back, but internally fine and clean; with engraving of Richard Miles pasted-in opposite title page and his signature on first free endpaper; also with the bookplates of H. Osborne O’Hagan and Samuel Hamer; two letters from Leonard Forrer Jr to...
Hammer Price: £400
Birmingham, Blackham Bros (2, both UFS 300), Edwin Cottrill (3, UFS 350, 360 [2]), J. Gargory (4, UFS 380, 400 [2, different], 410), William Graham (UFS 430), Great Western Portrait Rooms (UFS 440), H. & C. Grove (UFS 460), Charles Hadduck (2, UFS 470, 480), Hands & Bach (UFS 500), F. Hands (UFS 510), W. Hayward (2, both UFS 520), J. Hipwood (UFS 550), W.B. Jones (UFS 620), Edmund Kemp (UFS 640), Samuel King, 1838 (UFS 660), Mappin (3, UFS 670, 710, 720), E.M. Martin, 1841 (UFS 770), Maurice...
Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Westwood’s Pattern Halfpenny, 1788, in copper, druid’s head encircled by wreath with 17 acorns, rev. pm co cypher, parys mines company inscribed on downstrokes, value above, edge payable in anglesey at greenfield or in london x x, 13.64g/12h (DH 270). Virtually as struck and attractively patinated, very rare (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £370
Birmingham, James Bisset, Halfpenny, with pictures, 10.24g/6h (DH 120); John Freeth, Lutwyche’s Penny, 19.34g/6h (DH 30); William Hallan, Halfpenny, 1793, 9.39g/12h (DH 131); Henry Hickman, Halfpenny, 1792, 12.31g/6h (DH 144); Peter Kempson, Pennies, 1796 (2), 22.30g/12h (DH 6), 25.57g/12h (DH 20) [6]. Extremely fine, DH 20, 120 and 131 with virtually full original colour, an attractive group (£140-180)
Hammer Price: £360
18th Century, Ireland, Dublin, R.L.T. & Co, imitation Halfpence, 1792 (11), 8.72g/6h (DH 355), 9.58g/6h (DH 356), 8.51g/6h (DH 358), 8.80g/5h (DH 360), 9.16g/6h (DH 361), 8.30g/6h (DH 362), 7.82g/6h (DH 368), 8.49g/6h (DH 369), 8.01g/5h (DH 369 bis), 9.54g/6h (DH 370), 9.34g/5h (DH 374), mule Halfpenny, rev. arms, 9.42g/6h (DH 373); M.F.W., Halfpence, 1794 (2), dublin edge, 9.29g/6h (DH 346), edge plain, 8.67g/6h (DH 346a); Charity Food Penny ticket, 1797, 15.70g/6h (DH 1); uncertain issuer,...
Hammer Price: £350
Perth, John Ferrier, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1797, fisherman with net and boat, space between r and des in exergue, rev. bridge above arms, edge payable on demand [by] john ferrier +++, 10.44g/6h (DH – [2 obv., 1 rev.]; Brodie –). Die flaw developing on reverse, very fine and of the highest rarity, perhaps the only known specimen (£100-200)
Hammer Price: £340
Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Turner Camac], Halfpence, 1792 (5), harp with 8 strings (4), 10.03g/6h (DH Dublin 287), 12.47g/6h (DH – [Dublin 290 obv., rev. unlisted: Silvis, CTCJ Fall 2003, pp.39-40, listed as 290 bis]), 10.88g/5h (DH Dublin 294), reads turne camac, 10.89g/6h (DH Dublin 304); 4 double strings, 10.90g/6h (DH Dublin 300); Farthing, 1792, 4.16g/6h (DH Dublin 389) [6]. Last very fine, second and fifth fine or better, others fair, the first series Halfpence all very rare...
Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], imitation Halfpence (13), ‘Industry has its sure reward’ types (6), 1792 (5), canac roan and canac, 9.16g/6h (DH Dublin 175), canac ryan and canac (4), 9.50g/6h (DH Dublin 181), 9.33g/6h (DH Dublin 183), 8.63g/6h (DH Dublin 185), 8.02g/6h (DH Dublin 185a), 1799, 6.03g/6h (DH Dublin 188); ‘Incorporated by Act of Parliament’ types (6), 1792 (4), canac rone and canac, 8.50g/8h (DH Dublin 190), camak kian and kamac, 6.03g/6h (DH...
Cronebane, Associated Irish Mine Co, Lutwyche’s imitation Halfpence (32), regular series (3), 1793 (2), london edge, 9.19g/6h (DH 35), 10.35g/6h (DH 35a), 1796, curlin cork edge, 8.19g/6h (DH 56); ‘Associated Irish Miners Arms’ series (29), undated (6), 9.94g/6h (DH 36), 9.66g/6h (DH 37), 9.64g/6h (DH 39), anglesey edge, 10.13g/6h (DH 39a), hull edge, 9.20g/6h (DH 39b), liverpool edge, 9.41g/6h (DH 39c); 1789 (22), no crozier (5), cronebane edge, 10.09g/6h (DH 43), black horse edge,...
Skidmore’s Church series, Halfpence (8), viz. Basinghall Street, St Michael’s, 13.70g/11h (DH 545), Bloomsbury, St George’s, 13.62g/11h (DH 555), Clerkenwell, St James’s, 12.42g/12h (DH 567), Fleet Street, St Bride’s, 13.36g/11h (DH 583, edge partly filed), Garlick Hythe, St James’s, 13.56g/12h (DH 586), Ludgate, St Martin’s (2), 13.23g/12h, 12.70g/12h (both DH 612), Soho, St Ann’s, 14.41g/11h (DH 627); Skidmore’s Gates series, Halfpence (2), Aldersgate, 12.00g/5h (DH 649),...
Dundee, [James Wright Jr], Kempson’s Penny, 1798, bust of Admiral Lord Duncan almost full-facing, rev. Eve offering apple to Adam in the Garden of Eden, 23,000 inhabitants in dundee…be fruitful and multiply, edge plain, 19.52g/6h (DH 6; Brodie 141). Spot in upper right obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine, reverse better, bronzed, very rare (£250-350)
Amlwch, Skidmore’s mule Farthings (3), druid’s head encircled by wreath, revs. Hibernia seated, 3.62g/6h (DH 458), man hanging, 3.55g/6h (DH 459); pm co cypher, rev. forge, 3.81g/12h (DH 463) [3]. Extremely fine, first two with original colour, last with small flan crack, all rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £330
Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, a mule Penny by Skidmore, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. lion rampant, revolution penny, edge plain [rough], 27.84g/6h (DH 260). Extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £320
Amlwch, Skidmore’s mule Penny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. lion rampant with arms, revolution penny, edge plain [rough], 28.06g/6h (DH 260). Slight excess of metal on obverse rim and die flaw above shield on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, very rare (£150-200)
Newcastle upon Tyne, Spence’s mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous (2), revs. men under tree, 10.65g/6h (DH 14), anchor and cable, 10.89g/7h (DH 17); man in boat, rev. noted advocates, etc, 10.93g/6h (DH 19) [3]. Extremely fine (£180-220)
Edinburgh, E. Campbell, Halfpence (5), 1795, edge plain, 10.71g/6h (DH 13b), 1796 (4), 7.77g/12h (DH 14a), 8.16g/5h (DH 15), 8.67g/12h (DH 16; Brodie –), 9.67g/11h (DH 17; Brodie –); Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, Highlander, rev. snuff jar, 12.63g/6h (DH 18) [6]. DH 13b and 18 extremely fine, latter with much original colour, others generally very fine, some very rare (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £310
Conder, J., An Arrangement of Provincial Coins, Tokens and Medalets issued in Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, London, 1798, address, preface [by J. Wright], 330pp + errata page, 3 engraved plates. Modern black cloth, spine gilt; internally very fine and clean (£70-90)
Peterborough, George Griffin, Morgan’s Two Shillings, 1812, crossed keys within Garter, rev. value in wreath, 8.79g/11h (D 1). Obverse very fine, reverse nearly so, toned, very rare (£180-220)
Coventry, Robert Reynolds & Co, Halfpenny, 1794, 11.03g/12h (DH 249), Kempson’s Gates, Halfpence (3), Cook Street, 13.61g/6h (DH 269), White Friars (2), 13.78g/6h, 13.66g/6h (both DH 280); Meriden, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1796, 11.16g/6h (DH 315); Stratford on Avon, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 12.39g/7h (DH 320a), Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, rev. legend, 10.23g/7h (DH 321) [7]. DH 320a extremely fine, others nearly so, all patinated (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £300
Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.29g/6h (DH 295); Finsbury Square, Lackington, Allen & Co, Halfpence (3), 1794, 10.72g/6h (DH 354), 8.99g/6h, 8.75g/6h (both DH 358a); Haymarket, Francis Shackelton, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.98g/12h (DH 477); High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 12.25g/12h (DH 520b); Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpenny or medalet, 11.58g/7h (DH 273), John Fowler, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.00g/6h (DH 306); Newgate Street, Henry Symonds, William...
Political and Social series, Kempson’s Sir Isaac Newton series, Farthings, 1793 (4), 4.47g/12h (DH 1151), 4.27g/6h, 3.76g/6h, 3.49g/6h (all DH 1160), counterfeits (2), 3.45g/6h (DH 1156), 3.60g/6h (DH 1161); Lutwyche’s Anti-Slavery Halfpence (2), 9.04g/6h (DH 1037), 7.82g/12h (DH 1038i); Mainwaring’s ‘Map of France’ Halfpence, 1794 (2), 12.29g/12h (DH 1016f), 10.31g/12h (DH 1017e); Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, revs. murd. by...
Manchester, John Chorlton (UFS 3210A), R. Cooper, 1851 (UFS 3230), Falkner Bros (2, UFS 3270, 3280), George Grantham (UFS 3300), Grasshopper Tea Warehouse (2, both UFS 3310), J. Humble (UFS 3360), Labrey, Entwisle & Co (2, UFS 3400, 3410), Labrey & Co (UFS 3420), Archibald M’Collah (UFS 3450), John Nuttall (2, both UFS 3490B), William Scott & Co (2, both UFS 3530), William Shaw (UFS 3550), H. Smithson & Co (UFS 3560), James Stelfox (UFS 3570), Wilkinson Bros (UFS 3600), M. Woolliscroft...
Hammer Price: £290
Bedale, James Metcalf, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1792, 11.02g/6h (DH 9c); Hull, Jonathan Garton & Co, Halfpence, 1791 (2), 12.83g/6h, 12.64g/6h (both DH 17); Leeds, Samuel Birchall, Halfpenny, 1795, 12.11g/6h (DH 28), Henry Brownbill, Halfpenny, 1793, 12.77g/6h (DH 34); York, James Carlill, Halfpenny, 1796, 11.52g/12h (DH 69), issuer uncertain, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 10.95g/6h, 10.91g/6h (both DH 63) [8]. About extremely fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £280
Dublin, Flynn, Farthing, 3.03g/6h (DH 394); Talbort Fyan, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 9.78g/6h (DH 308), 10.00g/6h (DH 308a), Lutwyche’s Halfpence, 1794 (4), lutwyche edge, 10.99g/6h (DH 309), banbury edge, 11.23g/6h (DH 309b), edges grained (2), 11.18g/6h (DH 309c), 10.03g/6h (DH 309d); Maxwell Hutton, Farthing, 3.83g/6h (DH 395); W.H. Co, imitation Halfpenny, 1792, 5.92g/12h (DH 380); Lloyd & Ridley, Halfpence, 1794 (6), 9.99g/6h (DH 338), 9.41g/6h (DH 339), 9.85g/6h (DH 340), 9.97g/6h (DH...
Enniscorthy, Robert Woodcock, Halfpence, 1800 (7), uncertain manufacturer (3), 7.36g/12h (DH 5), 8.54g/12h (DH 7), 8.62g/6h (DH 15); Boulton’s issue (4), 7.64g/6h (DH 1), 7.56g/6h (DH 2, bronzed), 7.71g/6h (DH 3), 8.12g/6h (DH 4) [7]. First three fine and rare, DH 1 and 4 very fine, others about extremely fine (£50-70)
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