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Middlesex [City of London], Covent Garden, Charles Presbury & Co, Halfpenny, bust of Elizabeth I in high ruff almost facing, rev. legend, edge payable in london, 10.11g/6h (DH 464). Usual die flaws and traces of alterations in the reverse die, minor surface marks, otherwise virtually as struck with dark glossy patina, very rare £250-300
£250–£300
Middlesex [City of London], Haymarket, Francis Shackelton, Halfpenny, 1794, royal arms and supporters, reads london, rev. from the same die as previous, edge payable in dublin or london, 8.79g/12h (DH 477a). Virtually as struck with full original colour £80-100
£80–£100
Middlesex [City of London], Soho, Robert Orchard, Jacobs’ Halfpenny, 1795, bust left, rev. arms, edge plain, 13.35g/6h (DH 399). On a thick flan, usual die flaw on obverse, some trifling spots, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, full original colour, most attractive £120-150
£120–£150
Middlesex [City of London], Uncertain locality, Peter Anderson, Jorden’s Halfpenny, 1795, City arms, domine dirige nos above shield, rev. ornate pa cypher, edge payable at the house of peter anderson london, 14.25g/6h (DH 249). Excess cud of metal on obverse rim between 2 and 3 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck with dark patina, extremely rare; very few specimens known £500-600
£500–£600
Middlesex [Greater Metropolitan area], Hackney, David Rebello, Milton’s Halfpenny, 1795, church, rev. dar cypher, aplustre and rudder, edge plain, 12.24g/12h (DH 309; Stainton 33). Virtually as struck and very rare £150-200
£150–£200
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Highlander standing left, edge spence x dealer x in x coins x london x, 12.55g/12h (DH 806). Virtually as struck with much original colour and reflective surfaces £150-200
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpenny, two men dancing round fire, rev. caduceus, edge spence x dealer x in x coins x london x, 11.84g/9h (DH 820). Virtually as struck with diffused original colour and reflective surfaces £150-200
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Kempson’s Isaac Newton series, Farthing, 1793, draped bust left, rev. cornucopia and olive branch, edge grained, 4.42g/12h (DH 1151). Brilliant mint state, full original colour £70-90
£70–£90
Staffordshire, Tamworth, Francis Blick, Trial Halfpenny, 1799, in white metal from unfinished dies, church and castle, former with tall steeples, rev. fb cypher, edge plain, 11.20g/12h (DH 22). Rather surface-marked in fields, otherwise very fine to extremely fine and of the highest rarity; believed only 3 specimens known £1,000-1,500
£1,000–£1,500
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
Wiltshire, Salisbury, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1791, draped bust left, rev. wgm cypher, edge plain, 9.34g/6h (DH 12a). Trifling hairlines, otherwise brilliant mint state with proof-like fields, most attractive £150-200
Cumberland, County series, James’ Lake Farthing, 1796, lakeland scene, rev. fence dividing two trees, edge plain, struck out of collar, 9.58g/12h (DH 2a). Flaw on rim at 6 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck with most attractive brown patina and a hint of original colour, very rare £300-350
£300–£350
North Wales and South Wales, South Wales, Lutwyche’s Farthing, 1793, laureate bust right, rev. plumes in shield, edge plain, small flan, 4.59g/6h (DH 26a). Brilliant mint state, full original colour £80-100
Angus, Dundee, James Wright Jr, Farthing, 1797, horse and cart left, rev. frontal elevation of Dundee Trades Hall, reads trades hall, edge plain, 4.68g/6h (DH 42). Brilliant mint state, full original colour £100-150
£100–£150
Co Dublin, Dublin, T.O. Bryen, Farthing, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. bowl inscribed whisky, bunch of grapes above, edge plain, 4.09g/6h (DH 388). Lightly lacquered, otherwise virtually as struck £200-250
£200–£250
Co Dublin, Dublin, M. Murphy, Farthing, 1796, legend, rev. bowl inscribed whisky, dealer in candles, edge plain, 6.69g/6h (DH 399). Mint state with most attractive reflective surfaces, scarce £250-300
Middlesex [City of London], Bow Street, Charles James, Penny, lion couchant, holding shield, rev. royal penny, sun, crown and oak-sprig, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.04g/12h (DH 31). Usual light die cracks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare £400-500
£400–£500
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Halfpenny, 1794, two barristers standing holding label inscribed bill of rights, magna charta above, rev. legend in 9 lines, edge engrailed, 9.53g/12h (DH 1011). Extremely fine with original colour and glossy reflective surfaces £50-70
Hammer Price: £35
North Wales and South Wales, North Wales, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 1793, druid’s head encircled by wreath, rev. rng cypher, edge payable in london bristol & lancaster, 10.25g/12h (DH 4a). Usual reverse die flaw, virtually as struck with original colour £40-50
Middlesex [City of London], Finsbury Square, Lackington, Allen & Co, Halfpenny, 1795, bust of James Lackington three-quarters left, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, edge payable at the temple of the muses, 8.75g/6h (DH 353). Extremely fine with original colour and attractive reflective surfaces £40-50
Hammer Price: £40
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Lutwyche’s ‘General Convenience’ Halfpenny, 1795, helmeted bust of Sir Bevois right, rev. arms, edge grained, 9.58g/6h (DH 1018a). Virtually as struck with much original colour and reflective fields £50-70
Middlesex [City of London], Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpenny, 1795, robed female standing between lottery wheels, rev. legend, edge plain, 11.33g/6h (DH 468). Usual obverse die flaw, extremely fine with much original colour but has been lightly lacquered £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
Middlesex [City of London], Finsbury Square, Lackington, Allen & Co, Halfpenny, 1795, bust of James Lackington right, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, edge grained, 9.27g/6h (DH 358a). Practically as struck, full original colour £60-80
Middlesex [City of London], Strand, William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, crown encircled with the sheet music to God Save the King, rev. Prince of Wales’ feathers, edge plain, 14.75g/6h (DH 302). Graze by feathers, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated £60-80
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1792, bust right, rev. Vulcan seated right, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 11.22g/6h (DH Warwickshire 448). An early striking from the reverse die with very little rust, extremely fine with a hint of original colour £60-80
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1792, from the same dies as previous, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 11.09g/6h (DH Warwickshire 448). A later striking, the reverse die exhibiting much rust, extremely fine and patinated £60-80
Somerset, Bath, Francis Heath, Halfpenny, 1794, draped bust of Bladud left with bow and quiver, rev. urn, edge payable by f heath bath, 9.72g/6h (DH 39; Young 1170). Some toning to edges, otherwise virtually as struck with almost full original colour £60-80
Somerset, Bath, William Glover, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, bust of John Howard left, rev. seated female instructing boy to unlock prison door, edge payable in dublin or london, 9.04g/6h (DH 36a; Young 1168). Extremely fine with much original colour, particularly on reverse £50-70
Hammer Price: £50
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
Essex, Colchester, Charles Heath, Halfpenny, 1794, from the same dies as previous, edge payable at charles heaths bay maker colchester, 8.57g/12h (DH 10; Judson –). From the obverse die with extensive north-south flaw, extremely fine, obverse with much original colour £60-80
Hampshire, Gosport, John Jordan, Halfpenny, 1794, helmeted head of Sir Bevois left, rev. ship sailing right, edge [payable at i iord]ans draper [gosport], 9.87g/6h (DH 41). Usual die flaw on obverse rim at 1 o’clock, edge somewhat indistinct, otherwise virtually as struck with considerable original colour and brilliant fields £60-80
Middlesex [City of London], Russell Court, Sim, Halfpenny, bust of David Garrick right, rev. masks of Tragedy and Comedy, edge plain, 9.37g/6h (DH 478a). Virtually as struck with considerable original colour and attractive reflective surfaces £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
Middlesex [Medallic and other series], Skidmore’s Revd. William Cooper Halfpenny, bust left, rev. open book, edge plain, 9.01g/12h (DH 1007b). Flan slightly bent and excess of metal on reverse rim, otherwise virtually as struck with considerable original colour £70-90
Somerset, Bath, Francis Heath, Halfpenny, 1795, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. elevation of the New Pump Room, edge grained, 11.16g/6h (DH 40; Young 1170). Virtually as struck with considerable original colour, reverse lightly toned £60-80
Somerset, Bridgwater, James Holloway & Son, mule Halfpenny by Lutwyche, frontal elevation of a building, rev. mounted dragoon, edge payable in london and engrailed, 9.39g/6h (DH 87; Young 1202). Virtually as struck with much original colour £60-80
Suffolk, Beccles, issuer uncertain, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 1795, south porch of church, rev. bridge, edge payable at beccles suffolk and grained, 10.75g/6h (DH 16a; Judson 1063). Spot on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck with almost full original colour £60-80
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
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
Middlesex [City of London], Charing Cross, Salter & Co, Halfpenny, hatmakers at work, rev. shop-front, edge plain, 10.00g/6h (DH 473). Virtually as struck with attractive brown patina £50-70
Hammer Price: £60
Middlesex [City of London], Cheapside, John Ching, Halfpenny, bust left, rev. royal arms and supporters, edge grained, 9.63g/6h (DH 282). Brilliant mint state, full original colour £70-90
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