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ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Proof Penny, 1787, in silver, from the same dies as previous, edge on demand in london liverpool & anglesey, 19.62g/6h (DH 9a). Extremely fine and toned, obverse retaining much original brilliance, very rare; the first 18th century silver Proof token £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,700
DEVON, Exeter, Samuel Kingdon, Proof Halfpenny, 1792, in silver, bust of Bishop Blaize three-quarters right, rev. arms and supporters, edge payable at the warehouse of samuel kingdon, 14.73g/6h (DH 3). Extremely fine and toned, extremely rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,300
SHROPSHIRE, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Proof Halfpenny, 1793, in silver, bust right, rev. man at forge, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 13.44g/6h (DH Warwickshire 394). Minor hairlines, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, attractively toned, extremely rare £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,100
ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, gilt Proof Penny, 1788, druid’s head encircled by thin wreath of 23 acorns, rev. pm co cypher, long-topped P, edge on demand in london liverpool or anglesey, 27.96g/12h (DH 128). Very slight rubbing on high points of obverse, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, very rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £950
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Birmingham Mining & Copper Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1791, in silver, female seated right, holding fasces, rev. stork on cornucopia, edge birmingham redruth & swansea, 16.39g/6h (DH 79). Good very fine, retaining some original brilliance, extremely rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £750
NORFOLK, Norwich, Richard Bacon, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, Norwich Castle, rev. fleece, edge richard bacon cockey lane, 11.75g/6h (DH 13). Minor hairlines, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, very rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £550
SUFFOLK, Haverhill, John Fincham, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.70g/6h (DH 31); Hoxne and Hartsmere, Thomas Tallant, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.83g/6h (DH 33a); Ipswich, James Conder, Halfpenny, 1794, 12.19g/12h (DH 35), Robert Manning, Halfpenny, 9.98g/6h (DH 34); Lowestoft, Richard Powles, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.41g/6h (DH 37); Sudbury, Goldsmith & Sons, Halfpenny, 1793, 10.50g/12h (DH 39); Woodbridge, Robert Loder, Penny, 1796, 19.84g/6h (DH 15) [7]. DH 37 extremely fine with partial original colour, others...
KENT, Dymchurch, William Parris, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.67g/6h (DH 15); Faversham, John Crow, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.92g/6h (DH 20); Goudhurst, William Fuggle, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 9.85g/6h (DH 28a), 8.79g/6h (DH 28b, F countermark on obv.), William Mynn, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 9.70g/6h (DH 29), 9.75g/6h (DH 29, M countermark on obv.); Hawkhurst, Charles Hider, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.41g/6h (DH 30); Hythe, Richard Shipden, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.89g/6h (DH 31); Lamberhurst, Thomas Foster, Halfpenny, 1794,...
Hammer Price: £460
BEDFORDSHIRE, Leighton Buzzard, Chambers, Langston, Hall & Co, gilt Proof Halfpenny, 1794, girl making lace, rev. sheep, edge chambers langston hall & co, 9.58g/6h (DH 3c). Extremely fine and brilliant, very rare £240-£300
KENT, Appledore, William Peckham, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.72g/6h (DH 3); Benenden, Thomas Reeves, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.76g/6h (DH 4); Brookland, Thomas King, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.02g/6h (DH 5); Canterbury, John Matthews, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.65g/6h (DH 6), James Robertson, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.14g/6h (DH 7), Edward Pillou, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.29g/6h (DH 8); Deal, Richard Long, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.83g/6h (DH 11); Deptford, Thomas Haycraft, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 9.16g/6h, 8.89g/6h (both DH 13); Dover, John...
Hammer Price: £440
SUFFOLK, Blything, Sir John Rous, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, mounted yeoman, rev. castle in crowned Garter, edge god save the king and constitution, 14.30g/12h (DH 19). Graze in field behind horseman and light rubbing to high points, otherwise about extremely fine and dark-toned, very rare £300-£360
MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Proof Halfpenny, 1792, in silver, St Andrew and cross between thistles, rev. arms, edge payable at the warehouse of thos & alexr hutchison, 14.79g/6h (DH 45). Tiny reverse edge nick at 2 o’clock, otherwise good very fine and toned, very rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £420
NORFOLK, Norwich, Richard Bacon, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.30g/6h (DH 13); Nathaniel Bolingbroke, Halfpenny, 1792, 10.73g/6h (DH 14); Bullen & Martin, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.37g/12h (DH 19); Robert Campin, Halfpence (2), 1793, 9.40g/12h (DH 20), 1794, 10.02g/12h (DH 21); Joseph Clarke, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.87g/6h (DH 22); Richard Dinmore & Son, Halfpenny, 10.36g/12h (DH 24); Dunham & Yallop, Halfpence (3), 1792, 11.52g/6h (DH 28), 1793, 11.33g/6h (DH 31), 1796, 9.57g/6h (DH 33); John Harvey, Halfpence,...
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Henry Hickman, Halfpence, 1792 (2), 12.23g/6h (DH 144), 12.17g/6h (DH Middlesex 929), Farthing, 1792, 5.62g/6h (DH 481a); William Lutwyche, Halfpenny, 14.42g/6h (DH 219b); James Sketchley, Lutwyche’s Masonic Halfpence (3), undated, 9.25g/6h (DH Middlesex 370), 1794 (2), 9.11g/6h (DH 370e), 9.51g/6h (DH 372a); Thomas Wyon, Penny, 1796, 22.10g/12h (DH 25); Kempson’s Halfpence, 1793 (2), 9.89g/12h, 9.63g/6h (both DH 50), mule Halfpenny, 9.87g/6h (DH 59);...
ANGUS, Dundee, William Croom, Kempson’s gilt specimen Halfpenny, arms and supporters, rev. legend in six lines, edge plain, 9.39g/6h (DH 14). Very light rubbing to high points, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, extremely rare; only one other seen by the cataloguer £150-£200
Hammer Price: £400
HAMPSHIRE, Portsea, Samuel Salmon, John Courtney and Edward Frost, Halfpence, 1796 (2), 11.04g/6h, 10.80g/6h (both DH 79a), George Sargeant, Halfpence, 1794 (3), 9.85g/6h (DH 68), 11.23g/6h (DH 69), 10.28g/6h (DH 75); Portsmouth, Joseph Brent, Halfpenny, 1797, 10.77g/6h (DH 60a), G. Robinson, John Mooney and Sir John Carter, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.44g/6h (DH 58), Thomas Sharp, Halfpence (3), 1794, 10.37g/6h (DH 60), 1797 (2), 12.57g/12h (DH 61), 10.42g/6h (DH 65); County series, Naval Farthings...
Hammer Price: £380
HAMPSHIRE, Portsmouth, Thomas Sharp, Proof Halfpenny, 1797, in silver, Neptune crowning seated figure of Sir John Jervis with a wreath, rev. legend in 7 lines, reading pursued, edge portsmouth halfpenny payable at thos sharps, 12.23g/5h (DH 63; BHM 434). Minor rim faults on reverse and edge inscription almost non-existent, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £360
ANGUS, Dundee, J.M. & Co, Farthing, 2.93g/12h (DH 39a); Alexander Molison, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1795, 11.28g/6h (DH 10); John Pilmer, Wright’s Halfpence, 1797 (2), 12.05g/6h, 11.88g/6h (both DH 17); Alexander Swap & Co, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1797, 10.92g/6h (DH 21) [5]. DH 10 virtually as struck with full original colour, others about extremely fine and better £150-£200
Hammer Price: £340
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, 13.41g/12h (DH 294c). Light surface marks in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned, very rare £300-£360
LONDON, Chandos Street, William Allen, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.33g/6h (DH 246); Charing Cross, Salter & Co, Halfpenny, 9.87g/6h (DH 473); City Road, John Bebbington, Halfpenny, 9.27g/12h (DH 254), Thomas Hall, Halfpenny, 8.93g/6h (DH 319c); Drury Lane, John Kilvington, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.47g/6h (DH 346), mule Halfpenny, 1795, 9.08g/5h (DH 348); Finsbury Square, James Lackington & Co, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.55g/6h (DH 351), Lackington, Allen & Co, Halfpence (2), 1794, 9.14g/6h (DH 353), 1795, 8.65g/6h...
LONDON, Rupert Street, Adam Little, Halfpenny, 7.36g/6h (DH 472); St Martin’s Lane, William Williams, Halfpenny, 9.75g/6h (DH 915); St Mary Axe, Antoine Haldimand, Halfpenny, 8.46g/12h (DH 366); The Strand, Philip Astley, Halfpenny, 9.14g/12h (DH 362a), William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, 14.43g/6h (DH 302), Jasper and Simon Kelly, Halfpence (2), 9.31g/6h (DH 345), white metal, 9.86g/6h (DH 345e; cf. Baldwin 102, 2016), Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, elephant, rev. two-headed cow, 9.26g/6h (DH...
Uncertain locality, W. Sheward, Halfpenny, 1792, 12.15g/6h (DH Middlesex 928); uncertain issuers, Mail Coach series, Halfpenny with initials jf, 8.70g/12h (DH 363); Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Halfpence (2), undated, 8.23g/6h (DH 1010), 1794, 9.80g/12h (DH 1012), ‘London Essex and Norfolk’ Halfpenny, 10.49g/12h (DH 923), ‘London and Middlesex’ Farthing, 1793, 3.95g/6h (DH 1124), Sir Isaac Newton Halfpenny, 1793, 10.14g/6h (DH 1034), Farthings, 1793 (2), 4.41g/12h (DH 1151),...
NORFOLK, Norwich, Richard Dinmore & Son, gilt Proof Halfpenny, bottle, rev. figure of Hope standing, edge plain, 10.34g/6h (DH 24c). Extremely fine and brilliant, very rare £240-£300
ANGUS, Forfar, John Steele, Halfpenny, 1797, 11.73g/6h (DH 25); Montrose, James Bissett & Son, Halfpenny, 1796, 8.95g/6h (DH 28), Andrew Nicol, Halfpenny, 1799, 11.51g/6h (DH 32) [3]. Good very fine and better, first with some original colour £70-£90
Hammer Price: £320
SOMERSET, Bridgwater, James Holloway & Son, gilt Proof Halfpenny, 1794, frontal elevation of a building, rev. arms, edge on demand we promise to pay, 10.15g/6h (DH 86). Extremely fine and brilliant, rare £150-£200
SUFFOLK, Beccles, issuer uncertain, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.72g/6h (DH 16); Blything, Sir John Rous, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.96g/12h (DH 19); Bungay, Samuel Prentice, Halfpence (2), 1794, 9.88g/6h (DH 22), undated, 10.90g/5h (DH 23), Samuel Prentice, Samuel Delf and Mathias Abel Sr, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.51g/6h (DH 21); Bury St Edmunds, Michael Apsey, Halfpenny, 10.65g/6h (DH 28c), Philip Deck, Penny, 1794, 17.20g/6h (DH 4), Halfpenny, 10.83g/6h (DH 26), James Goer, Halfpenny, 11.81g/12h...
HAMPSHIRE, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1791, in silver, from the same dies as previous, edge payable at the office of w taylor r v moody & co, 12.97g/6h (DH 89). About extremely fine, light grey tone, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £300
ANGUS, Dundee, Thomas Webster Jr, Wright’s Halfpence, 1797 (2), 11.47g/6h, 10.07g/6h (both DH 20); James Wright Jr, Farthings (2), 1796, 4.71g/6h (DH 40), 1797, 4.65g/6h (DH 42) [4]. First good very fine, others about extremely fine and better £120-£150
SOMERSET, Bath, Mary Lambe & Son, gilt Proof Halfpenny, 1794, camel, rev. frontal elevation of India House, edge grained, 9.88g/6h (DH 50g). Brilliant and practically as struck, rare £150-£200
LONDON, Great Portland Street, Joseph Moore, Halfpenny 1795, 10.53g/12h (DH 389); Haymarket, Francis Shackelton, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.42g/12h (DH 477); High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, large boar, 9.59g/6h (DH 342, bronzed), John Skidmore, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.30g/6h (DH 480); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.60g/6h (DH 276); Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpenny, 9.06g/6h (DH 274), John Fowler, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.26g/6h (DH 306); Newgate Street, Daniel Eaton,...
Hammer Price: £280
SUSSEX, Brighton, Lutwyche’s Brighton Camp Halfpenny, 1794, 9.65g/6h (DH 2); Chichester, John Chaldecott [and Thomas Sharp, of Portsmouth, Hampshire], Halfpenny, 1794, 10.45g/12h (KR 201; DH 20), Dally & Son, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 10.90g/6h (KR 200; DH 15), 7.97g/12h (KR 200b; DH 16a); Eastbourne, Frederick Fisher, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.81g/6h (DH 21); East Grinstead, John Boorman, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.99g/6h (KR 202; DH 22); Frant, George Ring, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.75g/6h (DH 23); Hastings, James...
ANGLESEY, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Penny, 1787, druid’s head encircled by wreath with 20 acorns, rev. from the same die as previous, edge on demand in london liverpool or anglesey, 28.11g/6h (DH 6). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare £120-£150
LANCASHIRE, Lancaster, Daniel Eccleston, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 10.32g/6h, 10.24g/6h (both DH 58); Thomas Worswick & Sons, Halfpence (2), 1791, 12.34g/6h (DH 9), 1792, 12.55g/6h (DH 24), imitation Halfpence, 1792 (2), 10.20g/6h (DH 29e), 9.08g/6h (DH 29f) [6]. Second extremely fine with considerable original colour, last about very fine, others about extremely fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £260
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge, County series, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1795, druid’s head right, rev. bee-hive and bees, edge cambridge bedford and huntington, 10.09g/6h (DH 12a). Virtually as struck, full original colour £80-£100
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Hawkins Bird, Halfpenny, 1793, 10.00g/6h (DH Somerset 89), James Niblock and William Hunter, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.19g/6h (DH 100); Gloucester, Gloucester & Berkeley Canal Co, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.70g/6h (DH 63); Newent, John Morse, Halfpenny, 1796, 11.78g/12h (DH 64) [4]. About extremely fine and better, first and third with original colour £120-£150
HAMPSHIRE, Emsworth, John Stride, Halfpenny, 1793, 8.53g/5h (DH 9), Kempson’s mule Halfpence (7), 1793, 9.39g/6h (DH 11), 1794 (3), 9.47g/6h (DH 12c), 9.26g/6h (DH 13), 10.29g/12h (DH 20c), 1795 (3), 10.56g/6h (DH 23), 9.40g/6h (DH 29b), 9.08g/12h (DH 30); Gosport, Benjamin and Jonathan Jones, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.03g/6h (DH 43), John Jordan, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.62g/6h (DH 41); Newport (I.o.W.), Robert Wilkins, Halfpenny, 1792, 10.75g/6h (DH 46); Petersfield, Eames, Holland & Andrews,...
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, Halfpence (2), 1791, 12.44g/6h (DH 66), 1792, 12.58g/6h (DH 98), imitation Halfpenny, 1791, 11.54g/6h (DH 98), mule Halfpenny by Lutwyche, 10.25g/12h (DH 118); Manchester, John Fielding, Halfpence (3), 1792, 11.09g/6h (DH 127), 1793 (2), 9.22g/6h (DH 131), 10.77g/5h (DH 135); Rochdale, John Kershaw, Halfpence (2), 1791, 12.54g/6h (DH 140), 1792, 12.56g/6h (DH 143), mule Halfpence by Kempson (2), 10.06g/6h (DH 148), 10.57g/6h (DH 149) [11]. DH 66 and 98...
Hammer Price: £220
STAFFORDSHIRE, Stafford, William Horton & Co, Penny, 1801, 20.07g/6h (DH 4), Halfpenny, 1797, 9.66g/6h (DH 20) [2]. Extremely fine, first with original colour, second cleaned £80-£100
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, 10.26g/6h (DH 398). Very fine and very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £200
PERTHSHIRE, Perth, John Ferrier, Wright’s Halfpence (3), 1797, 9.99g/12h (DH 1), undated, 10.10g/6h (DH 2), undated restrike, 10.86g/6h (DH 4), Kempson’s Farthing, 1798, 4.25g/6h (DH 11); Patrick Maxwell, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.04g/6h (DH 9); David Peter, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.97g/6h (DH 10) [6]. DH 1 extremely fine, others about very fine and better £120-£150
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