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Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Farthing, man hanging from gibbet, end of pain, rev. may the knave, etc, edge plain, 4.04g/12h (DH 1105). Trifling marks in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine, reverse better and with almost full original colour £150-200
Hammer Price: £550
Staffordshire, Tamworth, John Harding, Penny, 1799, castle and trees, rev. Town Hall, edge penny token payable at the house of iohn harding calico printer tamworth, 34.26g/6h (DH 9). Usual flaw on obverse and die stress marks on reverse, otherwise virtually as struck with dark reflective patina, very rare £400-500
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
Middlesex [City of London], Fetter Lane, John Milton, Penny, 1800, in white metal, female personifying Science seated on globe bearing zodiacal sign, rev. Bellerophon holding Pegasus, figure crawling up rock face in background, edge plain, 15.60g/12h (DH 36, the plate coin; Stainton 43). From the usual flawed and uncompleted reverse die, rust marks both sides, otherwise completely free from tin pest, extremely fine and extremely rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £520
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Horse and Foot Guards, Whitehall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.43g/12h (DH 93). Obverse die in flawed state, virtually as struck with considerable original colour, very rare £600-800
Kent, Stone, M. Snow, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, ms cypher, rev. thistle between two sprigs, edge coventry token, 13.50g/12h (DH 41). Usual die flaws, otherwise virtually as struck with attractive brown patina, very rare £400-500
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’ series], Westwood’s British Commercial Penny, 1797, bust of George III right, rev. Britannia seated left on cannon, edge plain, 28.59g/6h (DH 7). FDC £300-400
Hammer Price: £500
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...
Yorkshire, Beverley, J. Green, Halfpenny, 1797, pawnbroker’s balls, rev. money lent on plate wearing apparel &c, etc, edge plain, 9.64g/12h (DH 13). Mint state, attractive reflective surfaces, rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £460
Dorset, Poole, Richard Allen, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, Prince of Wales’ feathers above an oval inscribed 75, rev. legend in six lines, edge engrailed, 9.15g/6h (DH 3). From the usual damaged reverse die, virtually as struck with almost full original colour, rare £350-400
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpenny, deserted village, rev. Indian standing right, edge spence x dealer x in x coins x london x, 10.69g/6h (DH 746). Terminal state of the obverse die, virtually as struck with brown patina and reflective surfaces £150-200
Hammer Price: £440
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
Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Westwood’s copy of Milton’s Pattern Penny, in copper, druid’s head encircled by wreath, rev. pm co cypher, edge + edw · hughes · tho · williams · iohn · dawes · paris · lodge ++, 19.13g/6h (DH 3). Virtually as struck with much original colour, obverse with reflective fields, rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £400
Fifeshire, Burntisland, Burntisland Vitriol Co, Halfpenny, 1797, cypher above cask, rev. legend within radiated garter, edge grained, 10.63g/6h (DH 2). Virtually as struck with considerable original colour, attractive £120-150
Worcestershire, Evesham, Thomas Thompson, Skidmore’s Penny, 1796, from the same dies as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.54g/12h (DH 6). Light hairline in left of obverse field, otherwise brilliant mint state and bronzed, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £380
Warwickshire, Coventry, Kempson’s Penny or medal, elevation of St Michael’s Church, rev. interior of the Chancel, edge plain, 27.89g/6h (DH 38a). Usual light die flaw on upper left side of obverse, otherwise virtually as struck and bronzed, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £370
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Pandora’s breeches, edge plain, 10.59g/6h (DH 787). Obverse rim nick and graze behind bust, otherwise extremely fine with reflective brown patina £300-350
Hammer Price: £360
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Farthing, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. slave kneeling right, edge plain, 3.98g/6h (DH 1082). Virtually as struck with almost full original colour, attractive £150-200
Essex, Woodford, William Brooks, Denton’s Halfpenny, 1796, wheatsheaf and sickle, rev. compasses, wheel, saw and axe, edge plain, 9.80g/6h (DH 39; Judson 1051). Brilliant mint state, most attractive reflective patina, rare £350-400
Hammer Price: £350
Worcestershire, Kidderminster, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, woolpack and palm branches, rev. conjoined heads of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right, edge grained, 9.38g/7h (DH 24). Virtually as struck with considerable original colour, extremely rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £340
Hampshire, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1790, bust of Sir Bevois in helmet left, rev. arms, edge payable at the office of w taylor r v moody & co, 10.77g/6h (DH 86). Usual light die flaw behind truncation, brilliant and practically as struck, attractive reflective patina, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £330
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’ series], Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 4, Westminster Abbey, rev. City arms surrounded with drapery, cap of maintenance divides date, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.58g/6h (DH 91). Virtually as struck with attractive reflective patina, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £320
Worcestershire, Hagley, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, man angling on river-bank, fishing-box under trees at left, rev. shepherd, date partly obliterated, edge spence dealer in coins london, 9.94g/5h (DH 22a). Mint state with most attractive reflective brown patina, very rare £250-300
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Farthing, cat seated left, rev. hand holding open book, pig’s meat, 3.52g/6h (DH 1091). Small metal fault in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine, reverse better, most attractive reflective surfaces, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £310
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jeremiah Spence, Farthing, 1796, sailor, rev. man in barge sailing left, edge plain, 2.93g/5h (DH 28). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare £250-300
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
Herefordshire, Hereford, Robert Biddulph, Milton’s Penny, 1796, bull breaking its chains, herefordshire above, rev. apple-tree and long-handled plough, edge plain, 17.89g/12h (DH 4; Stainton 39). FDC, bronzed £200-250
Middlesex [City of London], High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, man handcuffed and shackled, padlock on his mouth, rev. knife, fork and plate chained to table, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.87g/12h (DH 520). Virtually as struck and toned, scarce £150-200
Hammer Price: £300
Middlesex [Specious and Collectors’], Spence’s mule Halfpenny, bust of Lord George Gordon left, legend around, rev. heart and hand, edge spence x dealer x in x coins x london x, 12.13g/12h (DH 777). Light graze to right of hand, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, full original colour £150-200
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, man in barge sailing left, rev. noted advocates, etc, edge spence dealer in coins london, 10.60g/6h (DH 19). Usual die flaw, virtually as struck with much original colour and reflective surfaces £200-250
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1791, bust right, rev. Vulcan seated right, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 12.40g/12h (DH Warwickshire 432). Perfect mint state, wonderful even brown patina, very attractive; the best Vulcan halfpenny the cataloguer has seen in commerce £150-200
Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Westwood’s Pattern Halfpenny, 1790, druid’s head encircled by wreath with 22 acorns, rev. pm co cypher, edge payable in anglesey london or liverpool, 13.27g/6h (DH 384). Reverse very slightly off-centre, otherwise virtually as struck with reflective surfaces, rare £200-250
Essex, Epping, Spence’s Shilling, 1796, stag right, rev. star and Garter, edge plain, 10.16g/6h (DH 1b; Judson 1046). Virtually as struck and bronzed, rare £250-300
Essex, Woodford, William Brooks, Denton’s mule Farthing, 1796, compasses, wheel, saw and axe, rev. Prince of Wales’ feathers, edge plain, 4.02g/6h (DH 43; Judson 1055). Brilliant and practically as struck, full original colour, extremely rare £300-400
Hampshire, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, view of Cowes Castle, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.39g/6h (DH Middlesex 150). Mint state, most attractive reflective patina £150-200
Co Wexford, Enniscorthy, Robert Woodcock, Halfpenny, 1800, castle on sea-shore, rev. rw monogram in shield suspended from a tree, edge plain, 7.57g/6h (DH 2). Trifling hairlines, otherwise brilliant and bronzed £150-200
Middlesex [City of London], Hyde Park, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, man skating to right, rev. gb cypher, edge grained, 9.41g/12h (DH 535). Virtually as struck, obverse with full original colour, reverse partly toned £180-220
Hammer Price: £290
Middlesex [City of London], Leather Lane, John Hancock, Halfpenny, 1796, shop front and umbrella, reads n19, rev. jh cypher, edge plain, 11.57g/12h (DH 320). Flan slightly bent, otherwise virtually as struck with original colour and reflective fields £150-200
Warwickshire, Coventry, Thomas Sharp, Halfpenny, 1797, seated female, cityscape behind, rev. Georgian house with man leaning from upper window, other windows filled in, edge coventry halfpenny payable by thomas sharp, 16.12g/12h (DH 312). FDC, rare £300-350
Middlesex [City of London], Haymarket, Francis Shackelton, Halfpenny, 1794, royal arms and supporters, reads lodon, rev. candle mould, edge payable in lancaster london or bristol, 9.24g/12h (DH 475a). Virtually as struck with attractive light brown patina, very rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £280
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