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11 July 2006
Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Turner Camac], Halfpence, 1792 (5), harp with 8 strings (4), 10.03g/6h (DH Dublin 287), 12.47g/6h (DH – [Dublin 290 obv., rev. unlisted: Silvis, CTCJ Fall 2003, pp.39-40, listed as 290 bis]), 10.88g/5h (DH Dublin 294), reads turne camac, 10.89g/6h (DH Dublin 304); 4 double strings, 10.90g/6h (DH Dublin 300); Farthing, 1792, 4.16g/6h (DH Dublin 389) [6]. Last very fine, second and fifth fine or better, others fair, the first series Halfpence all very rare...
Hammer Price: £340
Ballymurtagh, Hibernian Mine Co [Camac, Kyan & Camac], imitation Halfpence (13), ‘Industry has its sure reward’ types (6), 1792 (5), canac roan and canac, 9.16g/6h (DH Dublin 175), canac ryan and canac (4), 9.50g/6h (DH Dublin 181), 9.33g/6h (DH Dublin 183), 8.63g/6h (DH Dublin 185), 8.02g/6h (DH Dublin 185a), 1799, 6.03g/6h (DH Dublin 188); ‘Incorporated by Act of Parliament’ types (6), 1792 (4), canac rone and canac, 8.50g/8h (DH Dublin 190), camak kian and kamac, 6.03g/6h (DH...
Cronebane, Associated Irish Mine Co, Lutwyche’s imitation Halfpence (32), regular series (3), 1793 (2), london edge, 9.19g/6h (DH 35), 10.35g/6h (DH 35a), 1796, curlin cork edge, 8.19g/6h (DH 56); ‘Associated Irish Miners Arms’ series (29), undated (6), 9.94g/6h (DH 36), 9.66g/6h (DH 37), 9.64g/6h (DH 39), anglesey edge, 10.13g/6h (DH 39a), hull edge, 9.20g/6h (DH 39b), liverpool edge, 9.41g/6h (DH 39c); 1789 (22), no crozier (5), cronebane edge, 10.09g/6h (DH 43), black horse edge,...
29 September 2005
High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. cypher rw on a shield hanging from a tree, edge plain, 10.89g/6h (DH 340). Very fine and extremely rare (£150-200)
Skidmore’s Church series, Halfpence (8), viz. Basinghall Street, St Michael’s, 13.70g/11h (DH 545), Bloomsbury, St George’s, 13.62g/11h (DH 555), Clerkenwell, St James’s, 12.42g/12h (DH 567), Fleet Street, St Bride’s, 13.36g/11h (DH 583, edge partly filed), Garlick Hythe, St James’s, 13.56g/12h (DH 586), Ludgate, St Martin’s (2), 13.23g/12h, 12.70g/12h (both DH 612), Soho, St Ann’s, 14.41g/11h (DH 627); Skidmore’s Gates series, Halfpence (2), Aldersgate, 12.00g/5h (DH 649),...
Tipton, Prattent's Halfpenny, 1797, church, rev. anchor and cable, edge engrailed, 8.87g/6h (DH 24). Small flan flaw on church tower, otherwise extremely fine with virtually full original colour, very rare (£180-220)
Lambeth, Denton’s mule Farthings (4), deformed dwarf, sir jeffery dunstan, revs. crown in radiated circle (2), with roses and date, 3.94g/6h (DH 20), no roses or date, 3.99g/6h (DH 23); Britannia seated with scales, 3.93g/6h (DH 21); cart unloading into a ship, 3.96g/6h (DH 22) [4]. About extremely fine and better, first with much original colour, usual obverse die flaw on last three, all scarce (£180-220)
Mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Cain and Abel, spence edge, 12.53g/5h (DH 754); men under tree (2), spence edge, 9.52g/6h (DH 755), edge grained, 9.17g/6h (DH 755a); boys at turnstile, 9.73g/6h (DH 756) [4]. DH 755a very fine and very rare but harshly lacquered, others all extremely fine with much original colour (£200-250)
Mule Halfpence (5), boys at turnstile, revs. crowned anchor and hearts, 10.62g/6h (DH 893); Minerva, 10.47g/6h (DH 895); Spaniard, 10.53g/6h (DH 896); Turk, 10.16g/6h (DH 897); Westminster scholar, 10.44g/6h (DH 898) [5]. About extremely fine and better, DH 893, 896 and 897 with original colour and rare (£200-250)
Mule Farthings (6), Adam and Eve, all from the die with artist’s name almost obliterated, revs. Britannia, 3.11g/6h (DH 1084); man on bull with ass’s head, 3.69g/5h (DH 1085); conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.58g/7h (DH 1086); padlock, 3.98g/6h (DH 1087); pig, 3.41g/6h (DH 1088); slave, 3.57g/7h (DH 1089) [6]. DH 1084, 1086 and 1088 extremely fine with original colour, others nearly so, DH 1086, 1087 and 1089 with small striking cracks (£150-200)
7 October 2004
Essex, Dunmow, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, arms, rev. men dancing round Tree of Liberty, edge grained, 11.67g/6h (DH 17; Judson 1042). Flan crack and from flawed dies, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare (£80-100)
Dundee, [James Wright Jr], Kempson’s Penny, 1798, bust of Admiral Lord Duncan almost full-facing, rev. Eve offering apple to Adam in the Garden of Eden, 23,000 inhabitants in dundee…be fruitful and multiply, edge plain, 19.52g/6h (DH 6; Brodie 141). Spot in upper right obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine, reverse better, bronzed, very rare (£250-350)
High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. view of a street, skidmore edge, 12.77g/6h (DH 489); conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette dividing 1795, edge grained, 9.07g/5h (DH 492b) [2]. Extremely fine with original colour, both very rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £330
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. caduceus, spence edge, 12.54g/6h (DH 728); three armed citizens (2), spence edge, 10.68g/5h (DH 729), edge plain, 10.15g/12h (DH 729b); Free-born Englishman (2), spence edge, 11.77g/6h (DH 730), edge grained, 9.32g/5h (DH 730a) [5]. DH 730 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, DH 729b with much original colour (£140-180)
Mule Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Bridewell boy, 10.42g/6h (DH 786); Pandora’s breeches, 10.52g/6h (DH 787) [2]. About extremely fine and better, both with original colour, but second with spot on truncation (£150-200)
Mule Halfpence (7), heads of man and ass conjoined, revs. man in prison gnawing bone, edge plain, 10.62g/1h (DH 790b); heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined (2), spence x edge, 10.50g/2h (DH 795), edge plain, 11.75g/6h (DH 795b); bust of John Horne Tooke (2), spence edge, 10.68g/6h (DH 796), edge engrailed, 9.19g/11h (DH 796b); Tree of Liberty (2), edge grained, 9.41g/6h (DH 797), edge plain, 11.48g/7h (DH 797a) [7]. DH 795 extremely fine with original colour, edge lettering doubly...
Mule Halfpence (7), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. three armed citizens (3), london and engrailed edge, 9.30g/6h (DH 803), edge grained, 8.98g/6h (DH 803a), edge plain, 11.53g/6h (DH 803c); heart and hand, no border (3), edge grained, 9.02g/6h (DH 804b), edge plain (2), large [28mm] flan, 10.23g/12h, small [26.5mm] flan, 6.49g/12h (both DH 804c); heart and hand, with border, edge plain, 10.07g/12h (DH 805a) [7]. DH 803a and 804c large flan extremely fine with virtually full...
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, 36.10g/6h (DH 24). Trifling surface marks in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and virtually as struck, bronzed, extremely rare (£300-400)
Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Westwood’s Penny, 1790, in bronzed-copper, bust of Charles Roe right, rev. seated figure of Genius holding drill and cog-wheel, edge plain, 26.43g/6h (DH 3). Practically as struck, rare (£250-300)
Coventry, Robert Reynolds & Co, imitation Halfpence (19), 1793 (17), birmingham edge, 9.72g/6h (DH 238), nuneaton edges (3), 9.62g/6h (DH 238b), 10.08g/6h (DH 242b), 9.57g/6h (DH 243), cronebane edge, 10.17g/6h (DH 238c), lancaster edge, 10.08g/6h (DH 238d), bedworth edges (3), 10.14g/6h (DH 242), 9.93g/6h (DH 242a), 10.80g/6h (DH 244), london edges (2), 9.79g/6h (DH 242d), 9.71g/6h (DH 244a), hutchison edge, 9.61g/5h (DH 246), edges grained (5), 9.53g/6h (DH 238e), 10.18g/6h (DH 240),...
Halfpence (4), countermarked parochial partnership in land/is spence’s plan, 6.50g/6h; spence’s plan small farms/& every blessing, 6.93g/6h; spence’s plan small farms/& fat bairns you rogues, 6.99g/10h; spence’s plan you fools/or starvation for ever, 6.75g/1h (cf. Thompson, BNJ 1969, p.156) [4]. First overstruck on an Irish Halfpenny, 1776, others with indeterminate undertypes, countermarks very fine (£80-100)
Amlwch, Skidmore’s mule Farthings (3), druid’s head encircled by wreath, revs. Hibernia seated, 3.62g/6h (DH 458), man hanging, 3.55g/6h (DH 459); pm co cypher, rev. forge, 3.81g/12h (DH 463) [3]. Extremely fine, first two with original colour, last with small flan crack, all rare (£120-150)
Bury St Edmunds, Michael Apsey, Halfpence (4), edge grained, 10.62g/6h (DH 28; Judson 1070), dublin edge, 9.13g/6h (DH 28a; Judson 1070), edge plain, 10.50g/6h (DH 28c; Judson 1070), lancaster edge, 9.87g/6h (DH 28e; Judson –); Philip Deck, Penny, 1794, decks edge, 20.27g/6h (DH 4; Judson 1070), Halfpence (4), decks edge (2), 10.36g/12h (DH 25; Judson –), 10.89g/12h (DH 26; Judson 1070), edge plain [file marks], 8.43g/6h (DH 26d; Judson –), john harvey edge, 10.99g/12h (DH 26f; Judson...
Hammer Price: £320
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Highlander, spence edge, 12.29g/6h (DH 683); Indian, spence edge, 11.04g/6h (DH 684); lion and cock (3), spence * edge, 10.34g/6h (DH 685a), edge engrailed, 9.26g/6h (DH 685b), edge plain, 10.37g/6h (DH 685c) [5]. DH 685b about extremely fine, others all extremely fine with original colour, especially DH 685a (£200-250)
Buckinghamshire, Slough, William Till, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, lion rampant to left, rev. view of the Red Lion inn, edge plain, 13.28g/12h (DH 24; Preston-Morley 1046). Lightly rubbed in upper reverse field, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, deeply toned, very rare (£200-250)
Buckinghamshire, Slough, William Till, Halfpenny, 1794, in light bronze or brass, similar, edge plain, 8.28g/12h (DH 24; Preston-Morley –). Virtually as struck with full original colour, of the highest rarity; believed the only known specimen in this metal and not recorded in the standard reference (£150-250)
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. three armed citizens (2), spence edge, 12.28g/12h (DH 764), edge engrailed, 9.40g/6h (DH 764b); Indian, spence edge, 12.67g/6h (DH 765); lion and cock (2), spence edge, 12.63g/6h (DH 766), edge plain, 12.52g/6h (DH 766a) [5]. DH 764 extremely fine with much original colour, others about extremely fine, DH 764b and 766a rare (£150-200)
Mule Halfpence (4), bust of John Horne Tooke, revs. t spence bookseller, etc, 10.04g/6h (DH 874); three armed citizens, spence edge, 11.03g/12h (DH 875); heart and hand (2), both spence edge, in copper, 11.52g/6h, in brass, 10.55g/5h (both DH 876, but not noted in brass) [4]. Last very fine and extremely rare, others extremely fine, DH 875 with virtually full original colour, DH 874 very rare (£200-300)
Mule Farthings (4), Even Fellows, revs. Britannia, 4.03g/6h (DH 1092); man on bull with ass’s head, 4.01g/6h (DH 1093); conjoined heads of man and ass (2), edge grained, 3.73g/6h (DH 1094), edge plain, 4.15g/6h (DH 1094a) [4]. DH 1094 about extremely fine and patinated, others extremely fine with original colour, particularly DH 1094a, all rare (£120-150)
Amlwch, Skidmore’s mule Penny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. lion rampant with arms, revolution penny, edge plain [rough], 28.06g/6h (DH 260). Slight excess of metal on obverse rim and die flaw above shield on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, very rare (£150-200)
Gloucestershire, Gloucester, Kempson’s City Pennies, 1797 (11), revs. Cathedral, 17.90g/6h (DH 1), St Mary de Crypt Church, 16.73g/6h (DH 2), St Mary de Lode Church (2), no buttresses, 16.74g/6h (DH 3), with buttresses, 16.31g/6h (DH 4), St Michael’s Church, 17.18g/6h (DH 5), St Nicholas’ Church, 17.48g/6h (DH 6), St John’s Church, 16.89g/6h (DH 7), White Friars, 16.33g/6h (DH 8), High Cross, 16.00g/6h (DH 9), New County Gaol, 16.68g/6h (DH 10), St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 16.99g/6h...
Hampshire, Gosport, Thomas Wood, Jacobs’ mule Penny, 1798, similar, rev. floating raft, french folly, etc, edge lettered, 26.50g/1h (DH 3). Almost extremely fine, rare (£150-200)
Blofield, Kempson’s Proof Halfpenny, 1796, in silver, group of weapons and musical instruments, rev. mounted dragoon, loyal norfolk yeomanry, edge fear god and honour the king, 13.37g/12h (DH 6). About extremely fine, very rare (£250-300)
Hammer Price: £310
Edinburgh, E. Campbell, Halfpence (5), 1795, edge plain, 10.71g/6h (DH 13b), 1796 (4), 7.77g/12h (DH 14a), 8.16g/5h (DH 15), 8.67g/12h (DH 16; Brodie –), 9.67g/11h (DH 17; Brodie –); Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, Highlander, rev. snuff jar, 12.63g/6h (DH 18) [6]. DH 13b and 18 extremely fine, latter with much original colour, others generally very fine, some very rare (£100-150)
High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. bust left, payable at salisbury, skidmore edge, 12.60g/1h (DH 486); arms of Kidderminster, edge grained, 9.27g/5h (DH 488a) [2]. First about extremely fine, second extremely fine with much original colour, both extremely rare (£120-150)
Uncertain locality, Peter Anderson, Jorden’s Halfpenny, 1795, City arms, rev. pa cypher, edge payable at the house of peter anderson london, 13.81g/6h (DH 248). Extremely fine and very rare (£200-250)
Mule Halfpence (5), t spence bookseller, etc, revs. Marine Society boy, spence edge, 12.06g/5h (DH 698); Minerva standing, 12.57g/5h (DH 699); Spaniard (2), spence edge, 12.17g/6h (DH 700), edge plain, 12.47g/6h (DH 700b); bust of John Thelwall, 10.06g/6h (DH 701) [5]. Extremely fine, last two patinated, others with much original colour, first rare (£180-220)
Mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Free-born Englishman, 10.37g/6h (DH 752); Highlander (2), both spence edge, in copper, 11.88g/5h, in brass, 12.77g/5h (both DH 753, but not noted in brass) [3]. Last very fine and very rare but surfaces dirty, others extremely fine, first patinated, second with full original colour (£150-200)
Mule Halfpence (2), fat man sat at table eating, revs. seated man gnawing bone, 12.95g/12h (DH 760); cap of Liberty above anchor, 9.68g/6h (DH 761) [2]. Extremely fine with much original colour, but obverse of first patinated (£120-150)
Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Hancock’s Halfpence (23), 1791 (20), edge of coat lines to r, 12.60g/6h (DH 28), 12.63g/6h (DH 29), 12.74g/6h (DH 30), 12.29g/6h (DH 31), 12.54g/6h (DH 32); edge of coat lines to first limb of k, 12.57g/6h (DH 33), 12.52g/6h (DH 34), 12.47g/6h (DH 37), 12.41g/6h (DH 38), 12.30g/6h (DH 40), 12.92g/6h (DH 41), 12.37g/6h (DH 42); edge of coat lines to centre of k, 12.30g/6h (DH 45), 12.04g/6h (DH 46), 12.43g/6h (DH 47), 12.50g/6h (DH 48), 12.56g/6h (DH 49),...
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