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KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE, Gatehouse of Fleet, Thomas Scott & Co, Halfpenny, 1793, griffin, rev. warehouse, edge plain, 10.35g/6h (DH 1). Very fine £20-£30
Hammer Price: £20
FIFE-SHIRE, Burntisland, Burntisland Vitriol Co, Halfpenny, 1797, cypher above cask, rev. legend within radiated garter, edge grained, 9.73g/6h (DH 2). Good very fine, patinated £50-£70
Hammer Price: £35
SURREY, Croydon, Daniel Garraway, Halfpeny, 1797), DG cypher, reads payble and halfpenney, rev. tea-pot, edge plain, 7.12g/12h (DH 7). Very fine, dark patina £30-£40
Hammer Price: £40
HEREFORDSHIRE, Hereford, Charles Honiatt, Halfpenny, 1794, apple-tree, rev. Justice standing, edge grained, 9.58g/6h (DH 5). About extremely fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £50
Co DURHAM, South Shields, issuer uncertain, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1794, with die flaw, 11.28g/6h (DH 4); Stockton-on-Tees, Thomas King[s]ton, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1794, portsea edge [blundered], 8.96g/6h (DH 9b, note) [2]. First about extremely fine, second about fine and rare £40-£50
Hammer Price: £55
GLAMORGANSHIRE, ‘Glamorgan’ [probably Merthyr Tydfil], William Taitt, Richard Crawshay and Samuel Homfray, Jorden’s Halfpenny, 1795, four leaves on edge, 9.99g/12h (DH 3b); Swansea, John Voss, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.05g/6h (DH 4) [2]. About extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £60
North Wales, Lutwyche’s Halfpence (4), 1793 (3), 9.61g/6h (DH 2c), 10.40g/6h (DH 4a), 10.06g/6h (DH 8), 1794, 8.65g/6h (DH 12), Farthing, 1793, 4.61g/6h (DH 15a, large flan); South Wales, Lutwyche’s Farthing, 1793, 4.53g/6h (DH 26a, small flan) [6]. Very fine and better £30-£40
ANGUS, Brechin, Colin Smith and Patrick Wilson, Halfpenny, 1801, church, rev. frontal elevation of East Mill, edge plain, 10.44g/12h (DH 8). Extremely fine £60-£80
ANGUS, Dundee, Thomas Webster Jr, Wright’s Penny, 1797, warehouses above arms, rev. frontal elevation of the Town House, edge payable on demand by thos webster junr, 19.23g/6h (DH 5). Extremely fine, reflective fields £90-£120
Hammer Price: £70
LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Alexander Ewing, Farthing, 1799, 3.18g/6h (DH 28); George Randolph, Farthing, 1799, 3.29g/5h (DH 39) [2]. First about very fine, second extremely fine but lightly lacquered £80-£100
Hammer Price: £75
MONMOUTHSHIRE, Abergavenny, James Powell, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.78g/12h (DH 1); Monmouth, James Powell, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.69g/6h (DH 3) [2]. First extremely fine with reflective fields, second good fine, rare £60-£80
ANGLESEY, Amlwch, imitation ‘Paris Miners’ Halfpenny, 1791, 9.11g/6h (DH 438b); imitation rm co Halfpenny, 1793, 8.81g/6h (DH 450); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 10.21g/12h (DH 428); Skidmore’s Farthing, 1788, 3.53g/11h (DH 452); Westwood’s Penny imitating the Parys Mine series for Samuel Solomon, 1788 [struck 1796], with pms cypher, 23.32g/6h (DH 168) [5]. DH 452 about extremely fine, others fine to very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £85
MIDDLESEX, Chelsea, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.76g/5h (DH 277); Hendon, Benjamin Price, Halfpenny, 1794, 6.91g/6h (DH 324), Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 9.24g/12h (DH 325) [3]. First about extremely fine, others good fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £90
SHROPSHIRE, Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, 13.72g/12h (DH 17); Shrewsbury, Salop Woollen Manufactory, Halfpence (2), 1793, 10.97g/6h (DH 22), 1794, 9.60g/6h (DH 25d) [3]. First extremely fine with original colour, others very fine £50-£70
OXFORDSHIRE, Banbury, William Rusher, Halfpenny, bust three-quarters right, rev. sun, edge payable at banbury oxford or reading, 9.74g/6h (DH 1). Extremely fine, a hint of original colour £50-£70
Hammer Price: £95
WESTMORLAND, Kendal, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, R & D cypher, rev. ship sailing right, edge payable in dublin or london, 8.94g/6h (Farthing 5.8b; DH 5a). Extremely fine, original colour £40-£50
HAMPSHIRE, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Boulton’s Halfpence, 1791 (2), bust of Sir Bevois in helmet right, revs. arms, 11.26g/6h, 10.37g/6h (both DH 89, latter bronzed) [2]. About extremely fine, latter with surface marks £60-£80
Hammer Price: £100
INVERNESS-SHIRE, Inverness, Mackintosh, Inglis & Wilson, Halfpence (4), 1793, 12.25g/5h (DH 1b), 1794 (2), 10.78g/6h, 10.27g/6h (both DH 2, latter bronzed), 1795, 10.19g/6h (DH 3) [4]. Third virtually as struck, last extremely fine but a patch of verdigris on edge, others very fine £100-£150
LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.93g/6h (DH 2a, bronzed); imitation Halfpence, 1791 (2), 7.33g/6h (DH 3b), 9.39g/6h (DH 4) [3]. First brilliant and virtually as struck, others very fine and better £80-£100
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham, William Donald & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, legend within and around oval, a over o in promissary, rev. bee-hive and bees, edge plain, 12.04g/12h (DH 7). Toning spot on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with much original colour £50-£70
SHROPSHIRE, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (11), 1787, 14.13g/12h (DH Warwickshire 352), 1788 (3), 14.48g/12h, 14.39g/12h (both DH 336, former unofficially plated), 14.54g/12h (DH 382), 1790 (2), 14.37g/6h (DH 387a), 12.00g/12h (DH 430), 1792, 11.22g/6h (DH 389), 1793 (3), 11.02g/6h (DH 411), 10.06g/6h, 9.36g/12h (both DH 416), 1795, 11.13g/6h (DH 421); imitation Halfpenny, 1792, 10.07g/12h (DH 454a) [12]. Second about fine, others fine to very fine, some better £70-£90
STAFFORDSHIRE, Leek, Phillips & Ford, Kempson's Halfpence, 1793 (2), 12.26g/12h (DH 13), 9.93g/6h (DH 13a); Lichfield, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1796, 11.67g/12h (DH 18) [3]. First very fine, others extremely fine £70-£90
WILTSHIRE, Devizes, John Baster, Halfpenny, 1796, 10.12g/6h (DH 2b); Holt, David Arnot, Halfpenny, 10.00g/6h (DH 3); Salisbury, John and Thomas Sharpe, Halfpenny, 1796, 10.06g/6h (DH 21) [3]. About extremely fine and better, first with original colour £60-£80
LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, gilt Proof Halfpenny, 1791, arms, rev. river-god, edge payable at the house of gilbert shearer & co :, 11.97g/6h (DH 2). Rubbing to high points, good very fine, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Pennies, 1787 (4), all curved 7s in date, 29.05g/12h, 28.62g/12h (both DH 42), 29.19g/12h (DH 50), 28.78g/12h (DH 55) [4]. First about extremely fine but bright from past cleaning, others about very fine and better £90-£120
HERTFORDSHIRE, Bishops Stortford, Sir George Jackson, Halfpenny, 1795, arms, rev. view of the Stort canal, low skyline, stop after date, edge plain, 10.45g/6h (DH 4, bronzed). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
ANGUS, Dundee, William Croom, Boulton’s Halfpence (2), shield of arms, period after dundee, revs. legend in six lines, 10.23g/6h, 9.37g/6h (both DH 12, bronzed) [2]. First extremely fine, second virtually as struck £120-£150
LINCOLNSHIRE, Sleaford, Thomas Ball, Halfpenny, 9.85g/6h (DH 3b/DH Lancashire 137 bis); Spalding [and Holbeach], Thomas Jennings, Halfpence, 1794 (3), 10.50g/12h (DH 4), 9.89g/6h, 9.69g/6h (both DH 6); Wainfleet, David Wright and Stephen Palmer, Halfpenny, 1793, 10.32g/12h (DH 8) [5]. Second and fourth extremely fine, others very fine and better but third gilt, possibly contemporary £100-£150
LONDON, Blackfriars, Barnett Guest, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.62g/6h (DH 308), James Spittle [with J. Kirby and Richard Lashmar of Brighton, Sussex], Halfpence, 1795 (2), 9.97g/6h (DH 902), 10.31g/6h (DH 903); Bloomsbury, James Burton, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.01g/6h (DH 305); Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.70g/6h (DH 295) [5]. DH 903 extremely fine with much original colour, others very fine and better £80-£100
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Henry Biggs, Halfpence (2), 1792, 11.49g/12h (DH 70), undated, 10.99g/3h (W 71a); Birmingham Coining & Copper Co, imitation Halfpence, 1794 (2), 11.54g/6h (DH 73), 11.81g/6h (DH 75c); Birmingham Mining & Copper Co, Halfpence (7), 1791, 14.11g/6h (DH 77), 1792, 13.86g/6h (DH 85), imitation Halfpence, 1793 (3), 8.96g/6h (DH 114b), 9.38g/6h, 9.12g/6h (both DH 116); James Bisset, Halfpenny, with pictures, 9.95g/6h (DH 120); Donald & Co, Halfpence, 1792 (2), 10.26g/12h,...
Hammer Price: £130
ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Pennies, 1787 (3), all curved 7s in date, 26.41g/6h (DH 11), 28.35g/12h (DH 19), 29.11g/12h (DH 31) [3]. Second very fine, others extremely fine £140-£180
ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Halfpence (7), 1789 (2), 13.74g/12h (DH 367), 13.57g/12h (DH 371), 1791 (5), Boulton issue, 14.74g/6h (DH 389), 14.20g/6h, 13.86g/6h (both DH 391, latter bronzed), Williams issue, 14.74g/6h (DH 405), 13.41g/6h (DH 406) [7]. Fifth extremely fine, others about very fine and better £90-£120
Hammer Price: £140
MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Henry Harrison, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.64g/12h (DH 20), Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Halfpence (4), 1790, 12.53g/12h (DH 25), 1791 (2), 12.28g/6h (DH 34), 12.72g/12h (DH 37), 1792, 12.66g/6h (DH 44), imitation Halfpenny, 1792, 7.18g/6h (DH 47b); Leith, John White, Halfpenny, 1796, 8.86g/6h (DH 59), issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.43g/6h (DH 60) [8]. DH 20 about extremely fine, DH 25 and 34 extremely fine, former with considerable original colour, DH 37 fine and...
DEVON, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Halfpenny, 1792, 12.49g/6h (DH 2); Plymouth, Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co, Halfpence, 1796 (2), 9.54g/6h, 9.05g/6h (both DH 6) [3]. First about extremely fine, second extremely fine with virtually full original colour but a spot on reverse, last fine but with flan clip £80-£100
DORSET, Poole, James Bayly, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.17g/6h (DH 6a), Farthing, 1795, 4.43g/6h (DH 10); Sherborne, Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Pretor, Westwood’s Halfpenny, 1793, 11.03g/6h (DH 7) [3]. Last extremely fine, others very fine and better £70-£90
ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Penny, 1787, druid’s head encircled by wreath with 21 acorns, rev. John Dawes’ monogram above pm co cypher, edge on demand in london liverpool & anglesey, 20.08g/6h (DH 9a). Spot on drapery of druid, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare; the die-pairing was used to strike the first 18th century trade tokens struck for general circulation in the British Isles £150-£200
ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Halfpence, 1788 (3), 12.90g/12h (DH 310), 14.04g/12h (DH 347), 14.37g/12h (DH 351) [3]. DH 347 very fine, others extremely fine with much original colour £100-£150
Hammer Price: £150
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, 18.77g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2012, p.165, b; DH 2). Extremely fine, reflective brown patina £150-£200
CARMARTHENSHIRE, Carmarthen, John Morgan, Halfpence (2), 12.37g/6h (DH 6), 12.21g/5h (DH 7) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine, light reflective patina £50-£70
LONDON, Bishopsgate, John Clark and Samuel Harris, Halfpenny, 1795, bust of George Washington right, large buttons on coat, rev. stove, edge grained right, 9.00g/6h (DH 283a; Musante 49; Whitman 10955; Breen 1271). Obverse partly stained, otherwise about very fine £120-£150
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