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7 October 2004
Lancashire, Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, Halfpenny, 1791, ship, rev. arms, bulrushes without heads, edge lettered, 12.47g/6h (DH 63). Very fine and patinated, extremely rare, very few specimens known (£80-100)
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Lancashire, Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, imitation Halfpence (33), 1791 (17), straight 1s in date (9), anglesey edge, reversed ns, 11.20g/6h (DH 79), anglesey edge, normal ns, 9.35g/6h (DH 79b), anglesea edge, 9.30g/6h (DH 79c), bristol edge, 9.98g/6h (DH 79e), bedworth edge, 9.37g/6h (DH 79i), edge grained right, 10.47g/6h (DH 79j), edge grained left, 10.11g/6h (DH 79k), lancaster edge, 10.63g/6h (DH 83a), poor quality cast, anglesey edge, 8.91g/6h (DH 84a); curved 1s in date (8), 11.38g/6h (DH...
Hammer Price: £560
Lancashire, Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, mule Halfpence by Lutwyche (14), ship types (11), revs. Britannia seated, london edge, 7.28g/5h (DH 111a), bust of Earl Howe, 1795, portsmouth edge, 9.61g/6h (DH 113), bust of John of Gaunt, current every where edge, 9.68g/6h (DH 114), Bp Blaize, anglesey edge, 10.15g/6h (DH 115), seated female, anglesey edge, 10.04g/11h (DH 118), bust of Earl Howe, undated (6), redruth edge, 7.84g/7h (DH 120), oppress’d edge, 7.86g/6h (DH 120a), dublin edge, 9.72g/6h (DH...
Hammer Price: £100
Lancashire, Manchester, John Fielding, Halfpence (15), East India House type (3), 1792 (2), fieldings edge, 11.13g/6h (DH 127), london edge, 10.07g/6h (DH 127a), 1793, edge plain, 8.92g/6h (DH 127 bis and Yorkshire 15b); EIC balemark type, 1793 (6), 9.36g/6h (DH 129), 10.29g/6h (DH 130), 8.90g/6h (DH 131), 8.73g/5h (DH 132), 9.60g/6h (DH 133), 8.52g/7h (DH 134); porter carrying sack type, 1793 (6), fieldings edge, 10.51g/5h (DH 135), birmingham edge, 10.24g/6h (DH 135a), lancaster edge, 9.78g...
Hammer Price: £230
Lancashire, Rochdale, John Kershaw, Halfpence (5), 1791 (2), kershaw edge, 12.35g/6h (DH 140), anglesey edge, 10.97g/6h (DH 141), 1792 (3), 13.22g/6h (DH 143), 13.42g/6h (DH 145), 13.55g/6h (DH 147); mule Halfpence by Kempson (3), revs. beehive and bees, london edge, 10.64g/6h (DH 148), mounted dragoon, london edge, 10.63g/6h (DH 149), dove and cornucopiæ, hull edge, 9.53g/5h (DH 150) [8]. DH 141 fair, DH 150 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, some with original colour, partic...
Hammer Price: £140
Lancashire, Rochdale, Westwood’s Farthing, 1792, fleece, rev. man at loom, edge grained, 4.71g/12h (DH 157). Light die striations in fields, extremely fine with much original colour, rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £150
Lincolnshire, Lincoln, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1795, wheatsheaf, rev. arms, edge plain, 10.15g/6h (DH 1). Light die crack on reverse at 9 o’clock, otherwise good very fine with a hint of original colour, rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £85
Lincolnshire, Sleaford, Thomas Ball, Halfpence (2), ball edge, 9.65g/7h (DH 3), plain edge, 9.45g/6h (DH 3b); Spalding [and Holbeach], Thomas Jennings, Halfpence, 1794 (7), small lion above Britannia’s head (2), iennings edge, 8.99g/12h (DH 4), edge payable in london bristol & lancaster, 9.93g/6h (DH 4, edge unpublished); small lion below Britannia (5), iennings edge, 10.60g/12h (DH 5), edge plain, 10.56g/12h (DH 5a), current every where edge, 10.36g/12h (DH 5, edge unpublished), iennings edg...
Hammer Price: £160
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Bow street, Charles James, Penny, lion couchant, rev. royal penny, sun, crown and oak-sprig, edge lettered, 24.87g/12h (DH 31). Obverse about extremely fine, reverse with usual die cracks but extremely fine with almost full original colour, very rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £340
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, City road, Thomas Hall, Pennies, 1795 (5), obvs. quadrupeds, lutwyche edge, 18.12g/3h (DH 25); deformed dwarf (2), lutwyche edge, 16.52g/6h (DH 26), we promise edge, 19.33g/12h (DH 26a); negress (2), lutwyche edge, 17.67g/6h (DH 27), we promise edge, 19.41g/12h (DH 28); Lutwyche’s Masonic Penny, 1795, 17.84g/6h (DH 33) [6]. DH 25 about extremely fine and patinated, DH 27 and 33 good very fine, others about very fine or better but rather scuffe...
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Clerkenwell, Thomas Gorton, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, fender and fire-irons, rev. tg cypher, 26.40g/6h (DH 16). Extremely fine with much original colour (£90-120)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central 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, 14.89g/12h (DH 36; Stainton 43). From the usual flawed and uncompleted reverse die, rust marks both sides, otherwise good very fine and about as struck, extremely rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £850
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Ludgate Hill, Henry Young, Pennies, 1794 (2), with date, 13.86g/5h (DH 39), flawed obv. die, no date, 17.04g/5h (DH 39, note) [2]. First practically as struck and most attractively patinated, second very fine (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £60
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Ludgate Hill, Matthew Young, Milton’s Penny, 1798, Britannia seated, St Paul’s in background, rev. legend, edge lettered, 28.52g/12h (DH 41; Stainton 42). Usual rim flaws both sides and a nick in field by Britannia’s trident, otherwise practically as struck, bronzed, rare (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £200
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Newgate street, Christ’s Hospital, octagonal Sixpence, 1800, 6.59g/12h (DH 2); Pennies, 1800 (5), 7.99g/6h (DH 9), 6.16g/6h (DH 10), 6.66g/12h (DH 11), 6.81g/12h (DH 12), 12.22g/12h (DH 13) [6]. DH 9 and 10 very fine, latter better, others fine to very fine, first scarce (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £250
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, St Martins lane, John Delaporte, Penny, 13.47g/12h (DH 14); Tottenham Court road, Jonathan Dennis, Penny, 1795, 20.55g/6h (DH 15) [2]. Good fine, first pierced in centre, both very rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £120
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Soho, Robert Orchard, Milton’s Penny, 1803, draped bust right, rev. legend, edge plain, 26.76g/12h (DH 38; Stainton 45). Light die flaw behind head, cabinet wear on high points of obverse and fields lightly rubbed, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £400
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Strand, Daniel Mendoza and William Ward, Mainwaring’s ‘Boxers’ Penny or medal, 1791, in white metal, bare heads of pugilists vis-à-vis, rev. boxers, oak branch above, date in exergue, edge plain, 13.17g/12h (DH 35; BHM 356). Light rubbing to the high points on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £1,600
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Denton’s ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, swan with partly expanded wings swimming to left, rev. arms of the county of Middlesex, edge lettered, 22.23g/6h (DH 174). Extremely fine with much original colour, particularly on reverse, very rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £700
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (4), type 1 with rev. die london promissory penny token, obvs. Guildhall, 25.42g/12h (DH 42), Mansion House, 21.58g/6h (DH 43), Somerset House (2), edge lettered, 26.19g/6h (DH 44), edge plain, 25.54g/6h (DH 44a) [4]. First two practically as struck with full original colour, others extremely fine with much original colour, edge lettering on DH 44 very faint (£140-180)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (6), type 2 with rev. die london penny token, obvs. Bank of England, 22.13g/6h (DH 46), St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 23.55g/6h (DH 47), Bethlem Hospital, 23.57g/6h (DH 48), Carleton House, 22.17g/6h (DH 49), Chelsea Hospital, 22.03g/6h (DH 50), Christ’s Church Hospital, 23.61g/6h (DH 51) [6]. Last has been brushed, otherwise all extremely fine with original colour, the first five with matched appearance (£150-...
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (5), type 2, obvs. St Paul’s Covent Garden, 22.24g/6h (DH 52), Foundling Hospital, 22.06g/6h (DH 53), St George’s Hospital, 22.46g/6h (DH 54), Goldsmiths’ Hall, 23.94g/12h (DH 55), Greenwich Hospital, 22.12g/12h (DH 56) [5]. DH 53 brilliant mint state with full original colour, others extremely fine with original colour, last patinated (£120-150)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (6), type 2, obvs. Guy’s Hospital, 22.84g/6h (DH 57), St James’s Palace, 22.51g/6h (DH 58), Ironmongers’ Almshouse, 22.44g/6h (DH 59), St Luke’s Hospital, 23.86g/6h (DH 60), Middlesex Hospital, 21.55g/6h (DH 61), Montague House altered for the British Museum, 22.21g/6h (DH 62) [6]. DH 57 with minor grazes in obverse field, otherwise all generally extremely fine, DH 59 patinated, others with original colour (...
Hammer Price: £190
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (5), type 2, obvs. Monument, 25.02g/6h (DH 63), Ordnance Office, 25.51g/6h (DH 64), Royal Exchange, 22.67g/6h (DH 65), St Thomas’s Hospital, 23.74g/6h (DH 66), Trinity Almshouse, 23.49g/6h (DH 67) [5]. DH 63 with light scuffs in obverse field, DH 64 from the flawed obverse die, otherwise all extremely fine, DH 65 and 67 with considerable original colour but the former with graze in obverse field (£140-180)
Hammer Price: £170
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (2), type 3, revs. Britannia seated, obvs. London Bridge, 19.02g/6h (DH 68), Westminster Bridge, 18.58g/6h (DH 69) [2]. Extremely fine, first with much original colour, second patinated (£70-90)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (2), type 4, revs. Justice standing, obvs. Westminster Bridge, 19.26g/6h (DH 70), Blackfriars Bridge, 18.40g/6h (DH 71) [2]. Extremely fine with original colour (£60-80)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (4), type 4, obvs. Aldgate, 18.06g/6h (DH 73), Aldersgate, 19.07g/6h (DH 74), Bishopsgate, 18.02g/6h (DH 75), Bridge Gate, 18.41g/6h (DH 76) [4]. DH 74 and 76 both cleaned in the past, very fine, DH 73 about extremely fine, DH 75 extremely fine with much original colour (£70-90)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (4), type 4, obvs. Cripplegate, 18.26g/6h (DH 77), Ludgate, 18.50g/6h (DH 78), Moorgate, 17.47g/6h (DH 79), Newgate, 18.36g/6h (DH 80) [4]. DH 79 with usual obverse die flaw, all extremely fine, second patinated, others with almost full original colour (£120-150)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s British Penny, 1797, Britannia seated right, rev. twr cypher, date on tablet below, edge lettered, 24.34g/7h (DH 6). Extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £520
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Christ’s Hospital, Newgate street, rev. shield of arms, edge lettered, 23.97g/1h (DH 149). From the usual flawed obverse die, extremely fine and patinated with just a hint of original colour, extremely rare, very few specimens known (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £920
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, House of Lords, rev. similar, edge lettered, 24.26g/12h (DH 155). Extremely fine, obverse attractively patinated, reverse with original colour (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £180
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, St Paul’s School, rev. similar, edge lettered, 24.48g/12h (DH 158). Reverse die starting to flaw, otherwise extremely fine, patinated (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £75
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, rev. similar, edge lettered, 23.86g/6h (DH 161). Extremely fine with original colour (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £110
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, South Sea House, rev. similar, edge lettered, 24.41g/7h (DH 162). Virtually as struck and patinated, attractive glossy surfaces (£90-120)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, New Excise Office, rev. globe, edge lettered, 19.10g/12h (DH 128). Extremely fine with original colour (£90-120)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, South Sea House, rev. similar, edge lettered, 25.48g/7h (DH 129). Centre of globe weak, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £130
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, Bank of England, rev. City arms, edge lettered, 24.98g/7h (DH 81). Extremely fine with original colour, rare (£80-100)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Pennies, 1797 (2), type 1, obvs. Drury Lane Theatre, 24.34g/1h (DH 82), King’s Theatre Haymarket, 24.47g/6h (DH 83) [2]. Extremely fine, but first with metal fault on obverse (£90-120)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Pennies, 1797 (2), type 1, obvs. Trinity House, copper, 21.08g/7h, gilt-copper, 25.00g/7h (both DH 84) [2]. Both with usual die flaw on obverse, first about extremely fine with original colour, second very fine but cleaned in the past, rare (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £90
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 2, Lying-in Hospital, rev. City arms with coronet above, edge lettered, 24.49g/6h (DH 85). From the usual damaged reverse die, extremely fine with a little original colour, very rare (£120-150)
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