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29 September 2005
Hackney, Joseph Priestley, Lutwyche’s gilt Proof mule Halfpenny, bust right, rev. bust of Earl Stanhope left, edge york built a.m. 1223· cathedral rebuilt a.d. 1075, 13.10g/12h (DH Warwickshire 221 bis III). Die flaw running through upper obverse legend and several minor surface nicks, otherwise good very fine and retaining original brilliance, of the highest rarity, perhaps only one other specimen known (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £650
Tamworth, John Harding, Penny, 1799, castle and trees, rev. Town Hall, edge penny token payable at the house of iohn harding calico printer tamworth, 34.43g/6h (DH 9). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour, very rare, especially in this state (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £640
Mule Halfpence (8), man hanging series, type 1 (2), end of pain in large letters, revs. Pandora’s breeches, 10.33g/6h (DH 827), boys at turnstile, 10.29g/5h (DH 828); type 2 (2), man with short legs, no border, revs. similar, in collar, 12.51g/12h (DH 831), not in collar, 12.66g/12h (DH 831a); type 3 (2), man with straight legs, revs. open book, edge grained, 6.80g/12h (DH 833), edge plain, 8.57g/11h (DH 833a); type 4 (2), church with finely castellated tower, revs. open book, 8.89g/6h (DH...
Hammer Price: £620
Mule Farthings (6), man hanging from gibbet, end of pain, revs. may the knave, etc, 3.61g/12h (DH 1105); open book, wrongs of man, edge plain, 3.86g/7h (DH 1106a); open book, no legend above, 4.15g/6h (DH 1107); cap of Liberty, crossed sword and palm branch, edge grained, 3.64g/6h (DH 1108); man hanging from gallows, edge grained, 3.56g/6h (DH 1109); Pandora’s breeches, 4.44g/6h (DH 1110) [6]. DH 1107 very fine and with usual die flaws, others generally extremely fine, some with original...
Ipswich, James Conder, Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, Market Cross, rev. payable at conder’s drapery warehouse ipswich, edge grained, 13.15g/12h (DH 35; Judson 1080). Extremely fine and retaining much original brilliance, toned, very rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £600
11 July 2006
Kirkcaldy, Robert Boog, Kempson’s Penny, 1797, bust of Adam Smith right, rev. agricultural implements by quay-side, edge plain, 29.61g/6h (DH 1; Brodie 159). Minor grazes in field in front of bust, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed (£300-400)
7 October 2004
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...
Hammer Price: £560
Bow, Moses Stone, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1797, City arms, rev. sm cypher, edge plain, 11.50g/5h (DH 479a). Usual die cracks on reverse, extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£300-400)
Farming Monopolies, 1800, a bronze medal, unsigned [perhaps by J.G. Hancock], head left with distended mouth attempting to swallow a globe, rev. Eye of Providence above gloved hand dispensing coins to other hands, 37mm, 26.61g/12h (DH 239; BHM 497). Extremely fine and bronzed, attractive, rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £550
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (14), lion and dog (4), revs. rhinoceros to left, 9.25g/7h (DH 427), zebra, 9.00g/7h (DH 428), kangaroo, 10.91g/12h (DH 430), monkey, 9.59g/6h (DH 431); reclining lion (3), revs. two-headed cow, quatrefoils in legend, 9.13g/7h (DH 432), cockatoo, 9.12g/4h (DH 434), crane, 9.66g/9h (DH 435); rhinoceros to right (4), revs. tiger, spence edge, 12.44g/7h (DH 436), antelope (2), edge grained, 8.89g/6h (DH 437), edge plain, 6.94g/6h (DH 437a), kangaroo,...
Hammer Price: £540
Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (3), conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, undated (2), revs. murd. by the factious, etc, edge plain, 6.97g/12h (DH 995a), anchor and cable, edge grained, 9.54g/6h (DH 998), dated, rev. anchor and cable, skidmore edge, 13.12g/1h (DH 1000); Skidmore’s Revd. W. Cooper Halfpence (3), edge faintly grained, 9.16g/12h (DH 1007), edge partly engrailed, 9.35g/12h (DH 1007a), edge plain, 8.94g/12h (DH 1007b); Skidmore’s Charles Fox Halfpenny, bust right,...
Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, white metal medals by W. Dixon [after W. Hackwood] (3), chained slave kneeling right, rev. whatsoever ye would, etc, die signed w.d., stop after man, reads unto, 32mm, 9.50g/5h (DH 233; BHM 269; D & W 188/689; E 836); unsigned dies, no stop after man, reads to (2), 32mm, 11.12g/12h (DH 235 bis I), 33mm, 11.39g/12h (DH 237 bis) [3]. First fine, second very fine, last virtually as struck with full brilliance, most attractive (£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
Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Proof Halfpenny, 1788, in silver, druid’s head encircled by wreath with 24 acorns, rev. pm co cypher, horizontal acorn stop, edge payable in anglesey london or liverpool, 14.03g/12h (DH 339). Some light marks on obverse, otherwise better than very fine and toned, very rare (£250-300)
Uncertain locality, W. Sheward, Halfpence, 1792 (3), edge coarse upright graining, 12.64g/6h (DH 928), fine upright graining, 12.97g/6h (DH 928a), edge obliquely grained, 11.59g/6h (DH 928b); Uncertain issuers: Mail Coach series, Halfpence (6), with initials jf (2), 9.20g/12h (DH 363), and a test piece overstruck on a George III Halfpenny, 1775, 8.90g/1h (dies of DH 363); with initials afh (2), 8.49g/12h (DH 366), and a rev. brockage turned in the die, 8.59g (die of DH 366); 1797 (2),...
Hammer Price: £500
Middlesex [incorporating London], Greater Metropolitan area, Hackney, David Rebello, Skidmore’s Penny, 1795, church, rev. dar cypher, edge lettered, 21.23g/6h (DH 17). Struck over a Penny of M. Lambe of Bath [DH Somerset 8], minor flan crack at 5 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and lightly patinated, very rare (£250-300)
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, 21.05g/6h (DH 1). Struck over a Penny of Mary Lambe of Bath [DH Somerset 8], extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare (£400-500)
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, 11.73g/5h (DH 122). From the dies in unflawed state, extremely fine with considerable original colour, extremely rare (£250-300)
Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Pennies, 1787 (17), all with thick wreath and curved 7 in date, single acorn at tie (2), 28.11g/12h (DH 18), 29.37g/12h (DH 19); two acorns at tie (7), 28.08g/12h (DH 25), 28.11g/12h (DH 28), 28.69g/12h (DH 29), 29.33g/12h (DH 30), 29.08g/12h (DH 31), 29.60g/12h (DH 32), 28.66g/12h (DH 36); four acorns at tie (8), 29.02g/12h (DH 41), 28.19g/12h (DH 42), 28.44g/12h (DH 44), 28.54g/12h (DH 45), 29.04g/12h (DH 50), 28.72g/12h (DH 55), 28.53g/12h (DH 56), 28.92g/12h (DH...
Essex, Woodford, William Brooks, Denton’s Halfpenny, 1796, wheatsheaf and sickle, rev. compasses, wheel, saw and axe, edge plain, 9.66g/6h (DH 39; Judson 1051). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour, most attractive, rare (£250-300)
Aberdeen, Denton’s Halfpenny, 1797, ancient fortress, rev. JB cypher, edge plain, 7.13g/6h (DH 1; Brodie 134). Struck over an imitation ‘Shakespeare’ Halfpenny dated 1790 [DH Warwickshire 327f], extremely fine with a little original colour, very rare (£250-300)
Mule Halfpence (7), deserted village, revs. Britannia, 10.57g/7h (DH 744); Highlander, spence edge, 12.33g/6h (DH 745); Indian, spence edge, 11.82g/6h (DH 746); lion and cock, edge plain, 10.48g/5h (DH 747a); Cain and Abel, spence edge, 12.71g/5h (DH 748); shepherd (2), edge plain, 10.56g/6h (DH 749), edge grained, 9.48g/5h (DH 749a) [7]. DH 747a, 748 and 749 extremely fine, first patinated, others with considerable original colour, remainder very fine and better but 746 heavily spotted and...
Hammer Price: £490
Piccadilly, George Bayly, Halfpenny, 12.26g/6h (DH 253); London Corresponding Society, Halfpence, 1795 (6), l distant from man’s robe, edge grained, 9.83g/6h (DH 285), l touches robe (5), edge grained, 10.19g/6h (DH 286), birmingham edge, 7.48g/6h (DH 286a), dublin edge, 9.95g/7h (DH 286b), london edge, 9.08g/6h (DH 286c), edge plain, 6.77g/6h (DH 286e); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (6), bust of the Prince of Wales, an asylum edge, 8.16g/6h (DH 287), clasped hands (4), london or brighton...
Hammer Price: £480
Mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. shepherd, london and engrailed edge, 9.75g/6h (DH 853); men under tree, spence edge, 10.76g/6h (DH 854); guillotine (2), edge grained, 11.72g/6h (DH 855), edge plain, 10.13g/6h (DH 855a) [4]. Extremely fine with much original colour, DH 855 with vertical die flaw, an attractive group (£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 (£200-250)
Death of Revd. William Romaine, 1795, a silver medal by J. Milton, draped bust three-quarters right in ecclesiastical vestments, rev. Religion standing right, 32mm, 12.82g/12h (DH 216; Stainton 14; BHM 403). Trifling surface marks in reverse field, otherwise virtually as struck with steel-blue tone, very rare (£150-200)
Halfpence (9), Cripplegate, St Giles’s, edge plain, 14.45g/12h (DH 576); Crutched Friars (2), Allhallows, undated, edge plain, 14.79g/11h (DH 577), 1797, edge partly grained, 9.63g/11h (DH 578); Dukes Place, St James’s, coventry edge, 14.04g/1h (DH 579); Eastcheap, St Clements, edge plain, 10.84g/12h (DH 580); Fleet Street, St Bride’s, coventry edge, 13.68g/11h (DH 583); St Dunstan’s (2), coventry edge, 13.79g/12h (DH 584), edge plain, 14.32g/12h (DH 584a); Friday Street, St...
Hammer Price: £470
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. shepherd (3), london and engrailed edge, 9.71g/6h (DH 808), edge engrailed, 8.81g/12h (DH 808a), edge plain, 10.03g/4h (DH 808b); view of the Bastille, 10.57g/6h (DH 809); boys at turnstile, 10.21g/12h (DH 810); together with an obverse brockage, edge plain, 10.19g [6]. DH 808a and 810 extremely fine with virtually full original colour, former very rare, DH 809 very fine, others about extremely fine (£250-300)
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (14), elephant, revs. rhinoceros to right (3), spence edge, 12.33g/6h (DH 416), edge grained, 9.24g/6h (DH 416a), edge plain, 7.22g/6h (DH 416b); rhinoceros to left, 9.48g/7h (DH 417, polished obv. die); tiger, spence edge, 12.67g/7h (DH 418); nylghau, 6.77g/6h (DH 419); antelope, edge grained, 8.85g/7h (DH 420); zebra, 8.98g/7h (DH 421, polished obv. die); two-headed cow (3), stars in legend, 9.20g/6h (DH 422), quatrefoils in legend (2), edge...
Hammer Price: £460
Essex, Dunmow, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, arms, rev. conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, undated, edge plain, 9.89g/6h (DH 19, but edge unpublished; Judson –). Extremely fine with almost full original colour, of the highest rarity (£150-200)
Essex, Epping, Spence’s Shilling, 1796, stag right, rev. star and Garter, spence edge, 10.22g/12h (DH 1; Judson 1044). Extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare (£300-350)
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (5), undated, reads exibition, 8.79g/5h (DH 414); 1795 (4), all reading exhibition, dublin edge, 9.87g/6h (DH 415), edge grained, 9.46g/6h (DH 415a), edge plain, 6.66g/6h (DH 415b), payable in lancaster london or bristol edge, 9.04g/6h (DH 415, edge unlisted by Davisson) [5]. Third very fine and as struck on a large flan, exhibiting a large die flaw on obverse, very rare, others about extremely fine and better, first two with much original colour,...
Hammer Price: £450
City Road, John Bebbington, Halfpenny, 9.88g/12h (DH 254); Thomas Hall, Halfpence (9), 1795 (7), quadrupeds (2), citty road, 9.31g/6h (DH 313), city road, 9.97g/12h (DH 314); deformed dwarf (3), citty road, 9.38g/12h (DH 316), city road (2), edge grained left, 10.73g/6h (DH 315), edge plain, 9.19g/6h (DH 315c); negress (2), both edges plain, large thin flan, 9.25g/12h (DH 317), small thick flan, 11.28g/12h (DH 317); undated (2), both large toucan, dublin or london edge, 8.96g/6h (DH 319a),...
Hammer Price: £440
Bath, Mary Lambe & Son, Lutwyche’s Penny, 1794, on demand edge, 21.37g/6h (DH 8); Halfpence (7), 1794 (6), lambe edge, 10.41g/6h (DH 50), leek edge, 11.30g/6h (DH 50b), lancaster edge, 12.07g/6h (DH 50c), york edge, 10.81g/6h (DH 50e), in brass, edge grained, 10.21g/6h (DH 50g), edge plain, 10.66g/6h (DH 50k), 1796, lambe edge, 9.70g/6h (DH 52); Farthings (6), 1794, 4.59g/6h (DH 111), 1795 (3), edge grained, 4.55g/12h (DH 112), edge plain (2), in copper, 4.55g/6h, in brass, 4.50g/6h (both...
Mule Halfpence (6), man in prison gnawing bone, revs. Britannia, edge plain, 10.50g/6h (DH 849); cat, spence edge, 11.14g/7h (DH 850); three armed citizens, london and engrailed edge, 8.42g/6h (DH 851); lion and cock (3), london and engrailed edge, 9.76g/5h (DH 852), edge plain, 10.55g/5h (DH 852a), edge grained, 9.69g/5h (DH 852b) [6]. About extremely fine and better, DH 850 and 852b with original colour, latter very rare (£200-250)
Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Pennies (14), 1788 (13), all with thin wreath and short-topped p in cypher, curved 1 and straight 7 in date (6), 28.40g/12h (DH 172), 28.35g/12h (DH 186), 27.48g/12h (DH 206), 28.32g/12h (DH 208), 28.97g/12h (DH 214), 28.85g/12h (DH – [214 obv., 171 rev.]); straight 1 and 7 in date (7), 28.90g/12h (DH 220), 27.58g/12h (DH 226), 27.89g/12h (DH 230), 27.91g/12h (DH 231), 27.94g/12h (DH 234), 28.81g/12h (DH 237), 28.87g/12h (DH 241); 1791, Boulton issue, 28.00g/6h (DH...
Newcastle upon Tyne, William Mather, Kempson’s Penny or ticket, 1797, in white metal, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. mather furnishing ironmonger, etc, edge plain, 36mm, 19.62g/12h (DH 2). About extremely fine, reverse better, rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £430
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. men under tree, 10.54g/6h (DH 867); Sessions House, Old Bailey, 10.23g/6h (DH 868); snail on river-bank, 10.39g/7h (DH 869); boys at turnstile, 10.41g/6h (DH 871); three fleurs-de-lis, spence edge, 12.31g/12h (DH 872) [5]. DH 871 extremely fine with full original colour, others generally about extremely fine and patinated, DH 868 softly struck, 872 very rare (£180-220)
Westwood’s Collectors’ Halfpenny, 1796, connoisseur smoking pipe, seated at table spread with medals, elderly figure placing a fool’s cap on his head, asses running for halfpence, rev. two boys racing on asses to right, edge any sum given for scarce original impressions, 10.65g/12h (DH 299). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, rare (£150-200)
Kent, Stone, M. Snow, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, ms cypher, rev. thistle between two sprigs, coventry edge, 13.60g/12h (DH 41). Usual die flaws, extremely fine, lightly and attractively patinated, very rare (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £420
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