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Suffolk, Bungay, Samuel Prentice, Samuel Delf and Mathias Abel Sr, Halfpenny, 1795, hand holding scroll, rev. Justice standing, edge s prentice s delf m abel, 9.25g/6h (DH 21; Judson 1069). Virtually as struck, attractive patina £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds, Philip Deck, Penny, 1794, bust of Marquis Cornwallis left, rev. Fame, edge value one penny at p decks post office bury 1794, 17.74g/6h (DH 4; Judson 1070). Some ghosting both sides, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour £90-120
Hammer Price: £95
Suffolk, Haverhill, John Fincham, Halfpenny, 1794, man in loom, rev. jf cypher, wolf’s head crest above, edge payable at john finchams suffolk, 8.99g/6h (DH 31; Judson 1071). Virtually as struck with original colour and reflective surfaces £60-80
Hammer Price: £130
Suffolk, Hoxne and Hartsmere, Thomas Tallant, Proof ‘Penny’, 1795, in silver, yeoman leaning against horse, rev. castle in crowned Garter, edge god save the king and constitution, 18.51g/12h (DH 6, not listed in silver; Judson –). FDC, most attractively toned, of the highest rarity at this weight £600-800
Hammer Price: £780
Suffolk, Ipswich, James Conder, Penny, 1796, bust of Cardinal Wolsey left, in cap without tassel, rev. payable at conder’s drapery warehouse ipswich, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.43g/6h (DH 11; Judson 1075). Usual die flaws on reverse, trifling surface marks, otherwise virtually as struck with attractive reflective patina, rare £180-220
Hammer Price: £170
Suffolk, Ipswich, James Conder, Penny, 1797, Wolsey’s Gate, rev. jmc cypher, edge plain, 17.26g/12h (DH 14; Judson 1078). Usual light die flaw on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck, obverse patinated, reverse with original colour and reflective fields, rare £180-220
Hammer Price: £150
Suffolk, Ipswich, James Conder, Halfpenny, 1794, market cross, rev. payable at conder’s, etc, edge grained, 10.44g/6h (DH 35; Judson 1079). Virtually as struck with considerable original colour and reflective surfaces £70-90
Hammer Price: £110
Surrey, Bermondsey, Thomas Keys, Halfpenny, 1796, t. keys bermondsey spa garden, rev. conjoined ts between two keys, edge engrailed, 9.41g/12h (DH 5; D & W 65/159). Usual die flaw on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck with much original colour, very rare £500-600
Surrey, Guildford, Prattent’s Halfpenny, arms, rev. Bishop Blaize facing, edge plain, large [31mm] flan, 11.02g/6h (DH 9). Virtually as struck with attractive brown patina £60-80
Hammer Price: £80
Surrey, Lambeth, Denton’s mule Farthing, denton engraver & printer, etc, rev. wheatsheaf and sickle between two doves, 3.84g/6h (DH 16). Lightly lacquered, otherwise virtually as struck with rainbow patina £80-100
Surrey, Lambeth, Prattent’s Penny, [17]96, standing figure of George Cook, smoking pipe and holding a mug and a keg, rev. sr. g · cook fruiterer greengrocer & oyster merchant stangate lambeth, vegetables around, edge on demand we promise to pay one penny, 20.71g/6h (DH 1). Struck over a Penny of Mary Lambe of Bath [DH Somerset 8], metal fault in obverse field and light striking cracks, otherwise virtually as struck, original colour on obverse, reverse with rainbow patination, very rare £500-...
Hammer Price: £500
Surrey, Lambeth, Prattent’s Penny, [17]96, from the same dies as previous, edge value one penny at p. decks post office bury 1794, 17.20g/6h (DH 1a). Struck over a Penny of Philip Deck of Bury St Edmunds [DH Suffolk 4], striking flaws, as struck with most attractive brown patina and reflective surfaces £600-800
Hammer Price: £800
Sussex, Brighton, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, view of the Bastille, rev. ships and military trophies, edge plain, 9.43g/6h (DH 9). Virtually as struck with reflective brown patina, attractive £150-200
Sussex, Chichester, John Chaldecott [and Thomas Sharp, of Portsmouth, Hampshire], Halfpenny, 1794, draped bust of John Howard left, rev. castle, edge payable at sharps portsmouth and chaldecotts chichester, 10.84g/12h (DH 20). Virtually as struck with superb reflective surfaces and original colour, most attractive £80-100
Sussex, Chichester, Dally & Son, Halfpenny, 1794, bust of Elizabeth I three-quarters right, rev. Chichester Cross, edge payable at dallys chichester, 9.81g/6h (DH 15). Usual light die flaw on obverse, extremely fine and attractively patinated £40-60
Hammer Price: £70
Sussex, Northiam, Elias Gilbert, Halfpenny, 1794, arms, rev. eg cypher and squirrel crest, edge payable at g gilberts northiam, 9.74g/6h (DH 35). Virtually as struck, attractive patina £50-70
Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Allin, Halfpenny, 1796, man holding flag, shield at right, rev. legend, edge grained, 11.04g/12h (DH 62). Virtually as struck with red-brown patina and attractive surfaces £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Hollington Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, family arms, crest of an armed warrior above, shield with hatching, rev. figure of Justice in sunken oval divides date in Roman numerals, facta æquato examine librat, edge plain, 14.56g/12h (DH 68). Graze in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck with full original colour, very rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £210
Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Barker, Penny, 1800, bust of William Pitt left, rev. penny token for exchange around bee-hive and bees, the work of john gregory hancock aged nine years below, edge by george barker birmingham x x, 24.30g/12h (DH 17). Usual small die flaw on reverse at 4 o’clock, otherwise mint state and bronzed, the centres well struck up, extremely rare; almost certainly the finest specimen available to commerce £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,600
Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Barker, Penny, 1800, bust of Britannia right, diva britanniæ fautrix artium around, rev. the work of iohn gregory hancock aged nine years above date, utile dulci above, for exchange below, edge by george barker birmingham mdccc, 36.81g/12h (DH 19). Trifling surface marks on obverse and a small spot by date, otherwise virtually as struck with much original colour and proof-like surfaces, very rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,100
Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Barker, Halfpenny, 1797, family arms in shield, rev. gb cypher, edge plain, 17.37g/6h (DH 64a). Collectors’ number ‘2215’ inked in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck with a hint of original colour, very rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £140
Warwickshire, Birmingham, George Barker, Halfpenny, 1799, head of Mercury left, rev. remains of a pyramid and fallen statue, three hands couped at the wrists above, edge payable by george barker + +, 16.64g/12h (DH 69). FDC, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,000
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Birmingham Mining & Copper Co, Halfpenny, 1792, robed female seated right with fasces, rev. stork on cornucopia, edge birmingham redruth & swansea, 13.18g/6h (DH 95). Very slight cabinet friction and a small spot on obverse, otherwise brilliant mint state with full original colour £100-150
Warwickshire, Birmingham, James Bisset, Halfpenny, view of interior of a temple, no pictures around, rev. ornaments on shelf, edge plain, 14.20g/6h (DH 119, the plate coin). Obverse die damaged at top, reverse with rim flaw at 7 o’clock, extremely fine and of the highest rarity, one of the classic tokens in the entire 18th century series; believed only one other specimen in private hands £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,100
Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Clarke, Halfpenny, 1795, Britannia crowning bust of George III with laurel wreath, rev. oak tree at left, four ships in background, britanniæ tutamen, edge payable at the house of john clarke bull street, 13.15g/5h (DH 122). From the dies in unflawed state, brilliant and practically as struck, very rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £310
Warwickshire, Birmingham, William Hallan, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1793, draped bust left, rev. teapot, jug and other vessels, edge grained, 9.95g/12h (DH 131) [2]. Two small spots on obverse, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, scarce £90-120
Hammer Price: £85
Warwickshire, Birmingham, William Hallan, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, legend in 8 lines, rev. bust of David Garrick left, edge grained, 11.65g/6h (DH 139). Usual obverse die flaws, brilliant and practically as struck, full original colour, rare £120-150
Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Gregory Hancock, Halfpenny or medal, 1800, bust right, sir original around, rev. this is my work iohn gregory hancock aged 7 years…industry produceth wealth, edge plain, 13.67g/12h (DH 140). Die flaws on obverse rim, a small spot in exergue and trifling surface marks in upper reverse field, otherwise mint state with full diffused original colour, very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,900
Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Gregory Hancock, Halfpenny or medal, 1800, bust of William Shakespeare left, w · shakespeare i·g· hancock aged 7 y’s around, rev. from the same die as previous, edge plain, 14.24g/12h (DH 142). Trifling rim nicks on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck with red-brown patina, very rare £800-1,000
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Peter Kempson, Penny, 1796, ruins of Cæsar’s Tower, Kenilworth, rev. pk cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 27.05g/12h (DH 6). A few minor bagmarks, otherwise virtually as struck, obverse retaining full original colour and proof-like fields £120-150
£120–£150
Warwickshire, Birmingham, William Lutwyche, Halfpenny, Justice seated left, rev. coining press, edge grained, 14.44g/6h (DH 219). Virtually as struck with much original colour £70-90
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Charles Pye, Halfpenny, 1797, cp cypher, rev. Moneta seated right holding cornucopia of coins, bee-hive and bees at right, edge plain, 15.74g/12h (DH 223). Brilliant mint state, toned, rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £410
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, a uniface trial of the unfinished obv. die for the Penny [1800] by J.G. Hancock Sr, bust left, no buttons on coat, back stamped with a double floral circle impressed gilt, edge on demand i promise to pay the bearer one penny, 26.85g/9h (DH 22). Extremely fine and as made, of the highest rarity; said to be 5 known £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,550
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1800, bust left with four buttons on coat, the work of john gregory hancock aged 9 years around, from a model by i.g. hancock sen. below, rev. to encourage a rare instance of genius this coin was struck for t. welch birmingham and date, edge penny token payable on demand, 36.03g/6h (DH 24). Trifling surface marks in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck and bronzed, extremely rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Workhouse, Alston’s Halfpenny, 1796, frontal elevation of the Workhouse, rev. bee-hive and bees, edge engrailed, 8.26g/6h (DH 63). Some toning to edges, otherwise virtually as struck with almost full original colour and attractive surfaces £60-80
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Workhouse, Gimblett’s Two Shillings and Sixpence, 1788, in copper, seated female giving alms to old man and boy, rev. bwh cypher, edge plain, 19.06g/12h (DH 1). Extremely fine with even chocolate-brown patina £90-120
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Wyon, Penny, 1796, obelisk, rev. tw cypher below bouquet of flowers, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 21.72g/12h (DH 25). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour and reflective surfaces £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Skidmore’s Copper Company Farthing, 1791, robed female seated right with fasces, rev. stork on cornucopia, edge plain, thick flan, 4.89g/6h (DH 476a). Virtually as struck with original colour £70-90
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Presentation of Colours to the Birmingham Associations, 1798, a copper medal, unsigned [by J. Barber for J.S. Jorden], figures presenting a battle flag to a group of officers flanked by ranks of cavalry, rev. a line of men hanging from gibbets with the first one being a representation of Dr Priestley, end of bunepart and the french army around, 33mm, 20.11g/6h (DH 29). Shallow relief, usual light die flaws on reverse, trifling edge nick on obverse at 12 o’clock, othe...
Hammer Price: £2,700
Warwickshire, Coventry, Robert Reynolds & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, Lady Godiva on horseback left, rev. elephant and castle, edge payable at the warehouse of robert reynolds & co, 10.77g/6h (DH 231). Mint state, diffused original colour and attractive surfaces £70-90
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