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29 September 2005
Skidmore’s British Penny, 1797, bust of George III right within ornamental border, rev. tg cypher, palm branches below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.24g/12h (DH 191). Extremely fine and exceptionally rare, very few specimens known (£500-800)
Hammer Price: £680
7 October 2004
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
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (15), nylghau (2), revs. ostrich, 6.69g/6h (DH 445), bust of Louis XVI, 6.91g/3h (DH 446); antelope (3), revs. ostrich, edge grained, 8.73g/6h (DH 447), edge plain (2), thick flan, 10.68g/6h, thin flan, 6.78g/6h (both DH 447a); zebra (3), revs. two-headed cow, quatrefoils in legend, 9.38g/7h (DH 449), cockatoo, 9.38g/6h (DH 450), crane, 9.25g/3h (DH 451); two-headed cow (4), quatrefoils in legend (2), revs. kangaroo, 11.37g/12h (DH 452), monkey,...
Sheffield, Constitutional Society, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1792, cap of Liberty on pole, rev. oval shield flanked by four flags, unite & be free above, to preserve is to conquer below, edge payable at macclesfield liverpool or congleton, 12.16g/6h (DH 61). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare (£200-300)
Essex, Woodford, William Brooks, Denton’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, compasses, wheel, saw and axe, rev. man weaving in loom, nothing without industry, edge plain, 9.30g/6h (DH 41; Judson 1054). Extremely fine with much original colour, very rare (£300-350)
Hammer Price: £750
Warwick, The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, three men in cart exhorting the crowds on either side, gallows above, rev. as if from temple bar some head was cut, and on rebelling trunk the face was put, 36mm, 20.36g/12h (DH 7; BHM 444). Reverse partly weak, otherwise good very fine, very rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £760
Bath, Payne & Turner, Lutwyche’s Penny, crowned bust of Alfred the Great right, rev. tower and wall, edge we promise to pay the bearer one penny, 19.59g/6h (DH 7). Light surface metal flaws, otherwise about extremely fine and extremely rare, the only specimen seen by the cataloguer in commerce (£300-500)
Hammer Price: £800
Warwick, The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. similar, 37mm, 19.21g/12h (DH 8; BHM 444). About extremely fine and pleasingly patinated, extremely rare (£600-800)
11 July 2006
Carmarthen, John Morgan, uniface die trial for the obv. of a Halfpenny, 1792, view of interior of ironworks, iohn morgans iron works and date around, caermarthen below, edge payable at london bristol and caermarthen ·x·, 15.09g (DH 1). Usual flaw through iron, extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare (£500-700)
Birmingham, Presentation of Colours to the Birmingham Associations, 1798, a copper medal, unsigned [perhaps by J. Westwood Jr], 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, 20.18g/6h (DH 29). Shallow relief, usual light die flaw on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and deeply patinated, very rare (£400-600)
Hammer Price: £820
Bangor, Seth Roberts, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, crowned harp dividing rd, v below, all within ornamented circle, rev. sth r cypher, 4 below, all in wreath, edge grained, 9.24g/12h (DH 1). Spot above s of sth on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with a little original colour, very rare (£500-700)
Leyburn, Prattent’s Penny, 1797, view of Bolton Castle, rev. urn between scythes and sprigs of laurel, arrow, skull and hour-glass below, time destroys all things and date, edge on demand in london liverpool or anglesey, 28.76g/6h (DH 1). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare (£500-700)
Hammer Price: £840
Herefordshire, Hereford, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1794, bust left, t gorton, etc, rev. apple-tree and cask, edge plain, 9.56g/6h (DH 6a). Striking crack, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£250-350)
Hammer Price: £850
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)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Greater Metropolitan area, Hackney, David Rebello, Milton’s Penny, 1796, church, rev. figure of Time seated on a cabinet, holding a tablet inscribed with Rebello’s name, edge plain, 16.71g/12h (DH 24; Stainton 34). An original striking, trifling marks in fields, otherwise brilliant and nicely patinated, very rare (£400-600)
Cambridgeshire, Newmarket, Wyon’s Penny, 1799, two racehorses passing winning post, rev. legend, craven meeting, etc, edge plain, 23.22g/12h (DH 11; D & W 323/19). Two minor spots in obverse field and a crescent-shaped cud of surface metal below hind legs of horses, no die-break on reverse, extremely fine with original colour, rare (£300-400)
Bungay, Thomas Miller, Halfpenny, 1795, bust right, rev. beehive flanked by rays of the sun, books and manuscripts below, edge plain, 14.35g/6h (DH 20; Judson –). Extremely fine and extremely rare (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £860
Bath, William Gye, gilt Proof mule Halfpenny by Lutwyche, seated female instructing boy to unlock a door, debtors in ilchester goal, etc, rev. arms of Bath, edge york built a.m. 1223, cathedral rebuilt a.d. 1075, 10.81g/6h (DH – [34 obv., 30 rev.]). Trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and of the highest rarity, believed unpublished (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £880
Tamworth, John Harding, Penny, 1799, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 35.07g/6h (DH 9a). From the reverse die after the flaws had been polished off, extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare (£500-700)
Bermondsey, Thomas Keys, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1789, conjoined ts between two keys, rev. two clarinets and French horn around flaming heart, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.95g/10h (DH 4; D & W 65/158). Extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare (£400-600)
Hammer Price: £900
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
High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, St George on horseback slaying dragon, small boar above, rev. mail & post coaches to all parts of england in wreath, edge payable at the george & blue boar london, 10.21g/6h (DH 339). Extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare, very few specimens struck (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £950
Tamworth, Francis Blick, Proof Halfpenny, 1799, in silver, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 15.94g/12h (DH 23). Obverse extremely fine, reverse nearly so and with some minor surface marks, grey tone, extremely rare (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £1,000
Lambeth, Prattent’s Penny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. man seated on ground gnawing bone, french liberty, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.18g/6h (DH 2). Minor rim flaws in striking, otherwise extremely fine and lightly patinated, extremely rare (£400-500)
Trial of Daniel Eaton, 1794, a copper medal for the London Corresponding Society, unsigned, cock standing left, rev. the king versus eaton, etc, around a list of the jurymen in 11 lines, 40mm, 23.32g/12h (DH 203; BHM 374). Has been lacquered but surfaces not unpleasing, extremely fine, rare (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £1,100
Middlesex [incorporating London], Greater Metropolitan area, Hackney, David Rebello, Skidmore’s mule Penny, church, rev. cap of Liberty on pole, sheffield constitutional society, i promise edge, 24.62g/6h (DH 18a). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour, very rare (£350-450)
Hammer Price: £1,150
Buckinghamshire, Stowe, Skidmore’s Farthing, 1796, Hermitage building with tree and grass in foreground, rev. built anno domo 1704 within two concentric circles, edge grained, 3.82g/1h (DH 29a; Preston-Morley 1056). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £1,200
Durham, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Denton’s Penny, 1796, view of iron bridge with two vessels passing underneath, rev. legend in eight lines within palm wreath, anglesey edge, 28.33g/7h (DH 3). Struck over an Anglesey Penny token, of which traces and the edge remain, extremely fine with much original colour, very rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £1,250
Lutwyche’s Anti-Slavery Halfpence (15), chained negro kneeling, revs. clasped hands, reading opression (3), dublin edge, 9.09g/6h (DH 1037), medal edge, 9.39g/6h (DH 1037a), edge grained, 8.73g/6h (DH 1037b); reading oppression (12), cross at end of legend (7), ballymurtagh edge, 8.24g/6h (DH 1038), dublin edge, 9.83g/6h (DH 1038a), lancaster edge, 9.48g/6h (DH 1038b), york edge, 9.91g/6h (DH 1038c), edge engrailed, 9.70g/12h (DH 1038f), edge grained left, 9.71g/6h (DH 1038g), edge plain,...
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, 26.90g/9h (DH 22). Extremely fine and as made, of the highest rarity (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £1,300
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
Thomas Paine, 1793, a white metal medal, unsigned, man hanging from tree, a tree is known by its fruit…, i die for this damn'd book in speech bubble, rev. may the tree of liberty exist to bear tommy's last friend, 32mm, 10.85g/12h (DH 209; BHM 366). Usual small flaws by obverse rim, some surface marks, otherwise good very fine and retaining much original brilliance, very rare and almost certainly the finest example available to commerce (£500-700)
Hammer Price: £1,750
Middlesex [incorporating London], Greater Metropolitan area, Hackney, David Rebello, Milton’s Penny, 1796, silver Proof, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 16.40g/12h (DH 24; Stainton 34). Brilliant and most attractively toned, extremely rare (£1,200-1,500)
Hammer Price: £1,800
Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Trial Halfpenny, 1792, ship sailing under bridge, pennant drooping, water-lines unfinished, iron bridge at coalbrook dale · and date around, erected anno. 1779 span 100 ft. heit 50 ft in centre, rev. ornamental pattern of alternate straight lines and scrolls, edge birmingham [r]edruth & swansea followed by seven characters, 12.64g/8h (DH 5, this piece). River area weak (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise good very fine and as struck, UNIQUE (£2,000-3,000)
Hammer Price: £2,600
Cambridgeshire, Newmarket, Spence’s Halfpenny, 1793, stag lying under tree, rev. snail on river-bank, tree and bridge in background, edge plain, 9.06g/6h (DH 35). Usual die cracks and flaws on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare (£400-600)
Lichfield, Richard Wright, uniface trial of the unfinished obv. die for the Penny [1800] by J.G. Hancock, bust of Richard Greene left, no buttons on coat, richard greene above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.94g (DH 1). Extremely fine and of the highest rarity; back with the inked signature of S.H. Hamer and the number '19' (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £2,900
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