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29 September 2005
Bristol, Hawkins Bird, Halfpenny, 1793, edge obliquely grained, 9.32g/12h (DH 89); J. Chester, Halfpenny, 10.20g/6h (DH 90; Storer 7693); Niblock & Hunter, Halfpence, 1795 (4), revs. Justice (2), 9.14g/6h (DH 100), 8.59g/6h (DH 101), Bristol bridge, 9.00g/12h (DH 102), 7.27g/12h (DH 103); mule Halfpence by Lutwyche (4), arms of Bristol, revs. Exchange, bristol fair token edge, 9.98g/6h (DH 91), shield and military trophies, edge plain, 10.69g/12h (DH 92), glass factory, i promise edge,...
Hammer Price: £260
High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), arms, rev. open book, skidmore edge, 12.42g/1h (DH 517); Free Born Briton, rev. knife, fork and plate chained to table, skidmore edge, 13.28g/12h (DH 520) [2]. Extremely fine, first with much original colour and rare, second patinated and reverse a trifle spotted (£90-120)
High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (3), Free Born Briton, revs. knife, fork and plate chained to table, edge plain, 8.97g/12h (DH 520b); French Republican (2), skidmore edge, 12.31g/12h (DH 521), edge grained but flattened in collar, 9.41g/12h (DH 521a) [3]. Last extremely fine with considerable original colour, others very fine and better, all rare (£90-120)
7 October 2004
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Horse and Foot Guards, Whitehall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge lettered, 23.34g/12h (DH 93). Obverse die in usual severely flawed state, otherwise extremely fine with much original colour, very rare (£200-300)
11 July 2006
Tamworth, John Harding, Penny, 1799, castle and trees, rev. Town Hall, edge penny token payable at the house of iohn harding calico printer tamworth, 33.99g/6h (DH 9). Almost extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£250-300)
Coventry, Thomas Sharp, Halfpenny, 1797, seated female, cityscape behind, rev. Georgian house with man leaning from upper window, edge coventry halfpenny payable by thomas sharp, 15.93g/12h (DH 312). Virtually as struck, bronzed, very rare (£200-250)
Middlesex [incorporating London], Central London, Westwood’s British Commercial Penny, 1797, bust of George III right, rev. Britannia seated on cannon, edge plain, 28.28g/6h (DH 7). Trifling marks, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, bronzed, rare (£150-200)
Halfpence (11), London Bridge, St Magnus (2), edges plain, thick flan, 13.73g/12h, thin flan, 9.65g/12h (both DH 602a); London Wall, St Alphage, edge plain, 10.10g/12h (DH 603); Lothbury, St Margaret’s, 1797, edge plain, 11.72g/12h (DH 605); Love Lane, St Mary’s, edge plain, 14.20g/12h (DH 606a); Ludgate, St Martin’s (2), with buildings at sides of church, undated, edge plain, 9.93g/11h (DH 607), without buildings, undated, edge plain, 12.94g/12h (DH 612); Minories, St Trinity, edge...
Mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. conjoined heads of man and ass, spence x edge, 10.44g/6h (DH 686); spence * edge, 10.30g/6h (DH 686a); edge grained, 9.24g/6h (DH 686b); edge plain, 10.23g/6h (DH 686c) [4]. Third extremely fine with virtually full original colour, others about extremely fine and better, first two patinated, last with planchet clip (£120-150)
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, Queen’s College Gate, rev. similar, edge lettered, 26.43g/6h (DH 6 and Middlesex 118). Obverse die extensively rusted, good very fine, reverse better, patinated, extremely rare (£150-200)
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Highlander (2), both spence edge, in copper, 12.50g/12h, in brass, 12.64g/12h (both DH 806); lion and cock (3), spence edge, 10.37g/6h (DH 807), london and engrailed edge, 9.35g/5h (DH 807a), edge plain, 10.43g/6h (DH 807c) [5]. Second very fine and very rare but surfaces dirty, DH 807 and 807c good very fine, others extremely fine with original colour (£150-200)
Birmingham, James Sketchley, Masonic Halfpence (17), viz. stop after fuit (3), lancaster edge, 9.03g/6h (DH Middlesex 369b), london edge, 9.35g/6h (DH 369c), dublin edge, 9.24g/5h (DH 369d); no stop after fuit (5), black horse edge, 9.06g/6h (DH 370), masonic 1794 edge, 9.18g/6h (DH 370a), masonic undated edge, 9.00g/6h (DH 370b), lancaster edge, 9.19g/6h (DH 370c), masonic halfpenny edge, 9.07g/6h (DH 370e); stops after beauty and fuit (4), masonic halfpenny edge, 8.97g/6h (DH 371), brother...
Cambridgeshire, County series, Kempson’s Halfpence, 1795 (2), stop after bedford, 9.11g/6h (DH 12), no stop, 9.98g/6h (DH 12a); mule Halfpence by Kempson (10), revs. figure of Hope, 8.19g/6h (DH 13); Britannia 1795 (3), bersham edge, 10.28g/6h (DH 14), liverpool edge, 11.39g/6h (DH 14a), london edge, 9.52g/6h (DH 14b); stork (2), london edge, 7.91g/12h (DH 15), edge grained, 7.72g/5h (DH 15a); river deity, 7.82g/6h (DH 16); plough and shuttle (2), liverpool edge, 9.94g/7h (DH 17), london...
Coventry, Robert Reynolds & Co, Halfpence (10), 1792 (6), reynolds edge (5), 11.65g/6h (DH 231), 12.33g/6h (DH 232), 11.67g/6h (DH 235), 11.43g/6h (DH 236), 11.82g/6h (DH 237), nuneaton edge, 10.49g/6h (DH 234); 1794 (2), both reynolds edge, 10.28g/12h (DH 248), 11.47g/12h (DH 249); 1795 (2), reynolds edge, 11.43g/12h (DH 251), edge grained, 11.17g/6h (DH 252) [10]. DH 231, 235, 237 and 251 about extremely fine and better, DH 234 good fine, others very fine, DH 248 rare (£90-120)
Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, two barristers standing holding label inscribed bill of rights, magna charta above, rev. legend in 9 lines, edge engrailed, 9.56g/12h (DH 1011). Extremely fine and attractively toned, very rare (£300-350)
Dundee, James Wright Jr, Shilling, 1797, in silver, Broughty Castle, rev. Highlander, edge plain, 4.42g/12h (DH 1; Brodie 137). Good very fine, some peripheral toning, rare (£150-200)
Forfar, John Steele, Halfpence, 1797 (4), 10.95g/6h (DH 23, bronzed; Brodie –), 11.61g/6h (DH 24), 11.40g/6h (DH 25), 11.49g/6h (DH 26; Brodie –); Montrose, James Bissett & Son, Halfpence (3), 1796 (2), bissett edge, 8.96g/6h (DH 28), london edge, 7.04g/6h (DH 28a; Brodie –), 1797, london edge, 8.21g/6h (DH 29; Brodie –); Andrew Nicol, Halfpence, 1799 (3), 9.96g/6h (DH 31; Brodie –), 9.46g/6h (DH 34), 8.99g/6h (DH 35) [10]. DH 26 fine, DH 28a fair, both very rare, DH 29 and 35...
Yarm, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, remains of Yarm Castle, rev. globe, edge lettered, 24.37g/11h (DH Middlesex 145). Weakly struck as usual and reverse a little off-centre, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, very rare (£200-250)
Hampshire, Netley, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, Netley Abbey ruins, rev. Thomas Gorton’s cypher, edge lettered, 26.02g/12h (DH 4). Minor marks in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine, rare (£150-200)
County series, Benjamin Smith & Co, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1798, bust of George III right, rev. bs & co cypher, benn. smith & co. iron-refiners yorkshire around, edge coventry token, 13.51g/12h (DH 8). Usual die flaws on obverse, extremely fine, obverse with full original colour, attractive and rare (£150-200)
Edinburgh, Anderson, Leslie & Co, Wright’s Halfpence, 1797 (2), reads terræ, 11.20g/6h (DH 7), reads terra, 11.03g/6h (DH 8); Joseph Archibald, Halfpence (3), undated, edge plain, 7.56g/6h (DH 9a), 1796 (2), edge grained, 8.88g/12h (DH 10), archibald edge, 9.22g/5h (DH 12; Brodie –) [5]. DH 7 extremely fine with original colour, DH 9a good fine, others very fine or better, last rare (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £250
Norwich, Richard Bacon, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, Norwich Castle, period clear of shrubs, rev. fleece, edge richard bacon cockey lane, 11.75g/6h (DH 13). Minor hairlines, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, very rare (£300-400)
Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Halfpence (18), 1790 (6), 12.49g/12h (DH 23; Brodie –), 12.52g/12h (DH 24), 12.35g/12h (DH 25), 12.54g/12h (DH 26; Brodie –), 12.59g/12h (DH 29; Brodie –), 12.31g/12h (DH 30); 1791 (8), 12.44g/12h (DH 31), 12.81g/12h (DH 32), 12.74g/6h (DH 33), 12.42g/6h (DH 34), 12.61g/12h (DH 35), 12.56g/12h (DH 36; Brodie –), 12.57g/12h (DH 37), 12.61g/12h (DH 37, unofficially gilt); 1792 (3), 12.49g/6h (DH 44), 12.63g/6h (DH 45), 12.52g/6h (DH 46);...
Herefordshire, Hereford, Robert Biddulph, Milton’s Penny, 1796, similar, herefordshire above animal, rev. similar, short-handled plough, edge plain, 19.56g/12h (DH 3; Stainton 39). Light die flaws in exergue, some rubbing in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine with much original colour, rare (£100-150)
Perth, John Ferrier, Wright’s Halfpence (4), 1797 (2), fishing boat type, 10.35g/12h (DH 1), St John’s Church type, ferrier edge, 9.36g/6h (DH 4, bronzed); undated (2), 10.22g/6h (DH 2), 10.44g/6h (DH 3); Kempson’s Farthing, 1798, 3.80g/6h (DH 11) [5]. DH 4 and 11 extremely fine, others very fine and better, flan of DH 1 slightly bent, DH 3 with original colour (£90-120)
Lancashire, Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, Halfpence (19), 1791 (15), no stops in legends (12), 12.97g/6h (DH 62), 12.44g/6h (DH 64), 12.49g/6h (DH 65), 12.63g/6h (DH 66), 11.95g/6h (DH 67), 12.53g/6h (DH 68), 12.73g/6h (DH 69), 12.54g/6h (DH 70), 12.37g/6h (DH 71), 12.50g/6h (DH 72), 12.07g/6h (DH 73), 12.15g/6h (DH 74), stop after fecit, 13.12g/6h (DH 76), stops at ends of legends (2), 12.57g/6h (DH 77), 12.63g/6h (DH 78); 1792 (4), no stops in legends (3), 12.49g/6h (DH 95), 12.33g/6h (DH 96),...
Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (14), 1788 (5), revs. barge, 14.49g/12h (DH Warwickshire 336), forge (4), reading master· (3), 14.20g/12h (DH 375), 13.64g/12h (DH 376), 13.89g/12h (DH 380), no period after master, 14.01g/12h (DH 382); 1790 (9), revs. forge (4), reading master·, 14.18g/6h (DH 385), no period after master (3), 11.98g/6h (DH 387), 13.94g/6h (DH 387a), 12.73g/6h (DH 388), Vulcan seated (5), no period after master (4), 12.57g/12h (DH 424), 12.44g/12h (DH 425),...
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)
Bridgwater, J. Holloway & Son, gilt Proof Halfpenny, 1794, frontal elevation of a building, rev. arms, edge on demand we promise to pay, 10.23g/6h (DH 86). Extremely fine and brilliant, rare (£150-200)
Leather Lane, John Hancock, Halfpence (3), 1796 (2), shop front and umbrella, reads n19, 9.96g/11h (DH 320), umbrella, reads 19, 13.05g/12h (DH 321); 1798, edge grained, 11.36g/6h (DH 322) [3]. All extremely fine, first with original colour and with metal cud over nd of london, second patinated, third with small obverse rim fault at 10 o’clock (£120-150)
Ipswich, James Conder, Halfpenny, 1796, bust of Thomas Wolsey left, rev. similar, date below, edge grained, 10.42g/6h (DH 36a; Judson –). Very slight rubbing to high points of obverse, otherwise virtually as struck with full original colour, very rare (£150-200)
Birmingham, William Lutwyche, gilt Proof Halfpenny, Justice seated with scales, rev. wheel-operated fly press, edge grained, 14.73g/6h (DH 219, unlisted as a gilt Proof). About extremely fine and extremely rare; the only specimen seen by the cataloguer (£200-300)
Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, mounted yeoman riding left, warwickshire yeomanry, etc, rev. promissory penny token issued by thomas welch second troop and date, edge armed to preserve our lives property and constitution against foreign and domestic enemies, 27.08g/6h (DH 27a). Extremely fine and extremely rare (£300-400)
Warwick, The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, 1797, a white metal medal, unsigned, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. similar, thin flan, 36mm, 12.55g/12h (DH 9; BHM 444). Flan a trifle bent, otherwise very fine and very rare (£300-400)
Lutwyche’s Halfpence depicting the Prince of Wales (16), viz. bust three-quarters right, plumes below (2), brighton edge, 9.11g/6h (DH 952), lancaster edge, 9.52g/6h (DH 952a); bust three-quarters right, value below (3), revs. arms and supporters (2), lancaster edge, 8.78g/12h (DH 953), dublin edge, 8.91g/6h (DH 953a), Prince’s plumes, lancaster edge, 9.49g/6h (DH 961); bust right types (11), stop after wales (6), line of forehead to e (3), revs. arms and supporters, lancaster edge,...
Hampshire, Gosport, Thomas Wood, Jacobs’ Penny, 1798, flags and drum, rev. t. wood salesman, etc, edge lettered, 26.06g/12h (DH 2). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour, rare (£180-220)
Ravenshead, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, frontal elevation of Newstead Abbey, rev. Thomas Gorton’s cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 25.69g/11h (DH 5). Extremely fine with original colour, rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £240
Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Halfpence, 1792 (5), lamps on bridge with dual supports (3), 12.66g/6h (DH 10), 14.63g/12h (DH 14), 12.56g/12h (DH 15); lamps with single supports (2), 13.17g/12h (DH 16), 13.54g/12h (DH 17) [5]. DH 15 about extremely fine, DH 16 very fine, others all extremely fine, first and last with considerable original colour (£70-90)
Bungay, Samuel Prentice, Halfpence (8), 1794 (3), revs. for change not fraud, edge plain, 10.27g/6h (DH 22; Judson 1069), dublin edge, 9.37g/6h (DH 22c; Judson 1069), lancaster edge, 12.06g/6h (DH 22d; Judson 1069); 1796 (2), prentice edge, 10.95g/6h (DH 24; Judson 1069), prentice and grained edge, 10.60g/6h (DH 24b; Judson 1069); undated (3), for the use of trade, prentice edge, 10.58g/6h (DH 23; Judson –), edge grained, 10.12g/6h (DH 23b; Judson –), prentice and grained edge, 10.64g/6h...
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. two-headed cow, stars in legend, in brass, 9.33g/5h, in white metal, 6.55g/6h (both DH 422) [2]. About extremely fine and better, both very rare in these metals (£90-120)
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