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29 September 2005
High Holborn, John Skidmore, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, register stove, rev. two men at a forge, edge grained, 11.20g/6h (DH 480). Extremely fine, a little unevenly toned, of the highest rarity; perhaps only one other specimen available to commerce (£400-600)
Hammer Price: £420
West Smithfield, Matthew Denton, Farthing, 1795, 3.97g/6h (DH 1053); mule Farthings (5), denton dealer, etc (3), revs. crown, 4.03g/6h (DH 1054), ship, 3.85g/6h (DH 1055), deformed dwarf, 3.73g/6h (DH 1056); busts vis-à-vis (2), revs. deformed dwarf, 3.93g/12h (DH 1057), Prince of Wales’ feathers, 3.90g/6h (DH 1058); Richard Harrison, Denton’s Farthing, 1797, 3.92g/6h (DH 1059; Storer 3940) [7]. All extremely fine with much original colour, especially DH 1057, an attractive group...
Uncertain locality, Joseph Askins, Jacobs’ Halfpence, 1796 (2), man standing with wooden leg, rev. legend in four lines, edge engrailed, 8.89g/6h (DH 252), edge grained, 9.30g/6h (DH 252a) [2]. Extremely fine, first patinated, second with a hint of original colour but with spot in obverse field, both rare (£150-200)
Rye, G. Bennett, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1796, sugar loaves, chest and scales, rev. gb cypher, edge grained over skidmore holborn london, 12.44g/7h (DH 36). Extremely fine with original colour, attractive surfaces, very rare (£200-250)
Mule Halfpenny, bust of Daniel Mendoza, rev. boxers, spence edge, 10.72g/6h (DH 785). Extremely fine with original colour and attractive surfaces (£150-200)
Mule Halfpence (4), two men dancing round fire, revs. noted advocates, etc, spence edge, 11.38g/12h (DH 818); Britannia, spence edge, 11.93g/6h (DH 819); caduceus (2), spence edge, 12.41g/9h (DH 820), edge plain, 11.97g/9h (DH 820, edge unpublished) [4]. Extremely fine, last lightly toned and extremely rare, others with virtually full original colour, a most attractive group (£300-400)
Warwick, The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, 1797, a white metal medal, unsigned, from the same dies as previous, thick flan, 37mm, 18.19g/12h (DH 9; BHM 444). Spots of corrosion on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and very rare (£400-500)
Buck Society, a silver ticket by J. Westwood, from the same dies as previous, 36mm, 19.93g/12h (DH 230; D & W 152/392). Graze in reverse field, otherwise good very fine and very rare (£400-500)
Rupert Street, issuer uncertain, Halfpence (2), edge plain, 6.99g/6h (DH 472), birmingham edge, 9.33g/5h (DH 472a); Russell Court, Sim, Halfpence (2), edge grained, 8.93g/6h (DH 478), edge plain, 9.45g/6h (DH 478a); St James’s Street, William Stinton, Halfpence, 1795 (2), warehouse edge, 8.96g/3h (DH 904), dublin edge, 8.81g/6h (DH 904a); St Martin’s Lane, William Williams, Halfpence, 1795 (4), pearls 9/9 (2), 8.54g/6h (DH 913), 9.83g/6h (DH 914), pearls 9/8 (2), 9.72g/6h (DH 915),...
Hammer Price: £410
7 October 2004
Middlesex [incorporating London], Greater Metropolitan area, Hackney, David Rebello, Skidmore’s Penny, 1795, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 27.87g/6h (DH 17a). Has been brushed in the past and now toned to red-brown, minor nicks to obverse rim, otherwise about extremely fine and extremely rare (£250-300)
Mule Halfpence (3), dog, revs. caduceus, spence edge, 12.46g/6h (DH 750); cat (2), spence edge, 9.75g/6h (DH 751), edge plain, 10.70g/6h (DH 751b) [3]. Last about extremely fine and patinated, very rare, others extremely fine with virtually full original colour (£180-220)
Mule Halfpence (6), bust of Lord George Gordon with legend, revs. Britannia, spence edge, 11.62g/8h (DH 775); caduceus, spence edge, 11.83g/7h (DH 776); heart and hand, spence edge, 12.55g/12h DH 777); Cain and Abel, spence edge, 11.35g/6h (DH 778); men under tree, 9.99g/6h (DH 779); Sessions House, Old Bailey, edge plain, 10.50g/6h (DH 780a) [6]. DH 776, 777 and 778 extremely fine with considerable original colour, others about extremely fine and patinated but DH 775 with flan crack (£250-300)
Hampshire, Portsmouth, issuer uncertain, Penny, 1798, bust of Admiral Nelson left, rev. in · memory · of · the · action · off · the · nile · augt 1 · 1798, taken 9 sail of the line 3 distroyed in centre, edge lettered, 26.57g/12h (DH 8). Excellent portrait, minor marks, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£250-300)
Kent, Godington, John Toke I, uniface brass hop tokens (2), crest, 6.27g (Henderson 535; Acworth 55; DH 25), it initials, 5.27g (A 54; DH 26); John Toke II, brass hop tokens, 1767 (2), full basket with no band, 11.20g/6h (H 536; A 56; DH 22), level basket with band, 7.29g/6h (A 57; DH 23) [4]. DH 23 good fine, others fine, DH 22 from cracked reverse die, a rare group (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £400
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)
Soho, Robert Orchard, Prattent’s mule Halfpence (3), arms, revs. bust of William III right, edge plain, 10.10g/6h (DH 411); hs & co cypher in wreath, 8.40g/6h (DH 412); Hope holding quadrant, 9.48g/6h (DH 413) [3]. All with characteristic flaw in die under e of halfpenny and first with light flaws in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare (£200-250)
Durham, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Denton’s Penny, 1796, similar, edge plain, 27.50g/6h (DH 3b). Undertype not visible, small area of surface verdigris at top of reverse and light file marks on edge, otherwise about extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£250-300)
Kent, Goudhurst, William Fuggle, Halfpence, 1794 (5), friggles edge, 9.79g/5h (DH 28), friggles edge erased, 9.42g/5h (DH 28, note), fuggles ·x·x edge, 9.07g/6h (DH 28a), fuggles ·+·+ edge (2), 9.22g/6h (DH 28b), obv. counterstamped with f, 9.14g/6h (DH 28b, note), William Mynn, Halfpence, 1794 (2), 10.01g/5h (DH 29), obv. counterstamped with m, 9.46g/5h (DH 29, note); Hawkhurst, Charles Hider, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.38g/6h (DH 30); Hythe, Richard Shipdem, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.49g/6h (DH 31);...
Hammer Price: £390
Finsbury Square, James Lackington & Co, Halfpence, 1794 (5), j over e (2), edge grained, 8.58g/6h (DH 351), london edge, 7.84g/7h (DH 351c), j over l (3), lackington edge, 11.25g/6h (DH 352), anglesey edge, 10.05g/6h (DH 352a), edge plain, 10.82g/6h (DH 352c); Lackington, Allen & Co, Halfpence (12), 1794 (6), 1 of date under coat button (4), temple edge, 9.56g/6h (DH 353), lancaster edge, 9.29g/6h (DH 353a), beccles edge, 11.08g/6h (DH 353c), edge plain, 8.77g/6h (DH 353, edge unpublished);...
Hammer Price: £380
Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpence, 1795 (3), toe of slipper above t (2), edge grained, 7.71g/12h (DH 275), edge plain, 7.56g/12h (DH 275a), toe of slipper below t, edge grained, 7.68g/6h (DH 276); Long Acre, Basil Burchell, Halfpence or medalets (16), all with 79 address, viz. n79, 10.41g/6h (DH 259, pierced; Storer 7641 ff), no hyphen in long acre, 10.14g/12h (DH 260), long · acre, 9.08g/12h (DH 261), long-acre, 6.96g/12h (DH 262, pierced), worms, 9.24g/5h (DH 263, pierced), long-acre...
West Smithfield, Thomas Prattent, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. figure of Fame, edge payable at n. bolingbrokes haberdasher norwich, 9.65g/5h (DH 461, edge unpublished). Extremely fine with much original colour, of the highest rarity (£200-300)
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Farthings (12), elephant, the James-signed die (7), revs. lion and dog, 3.16g/6h (DH 1064), two-headed cow (3), edge grained (2), thick flan, 5.95g/6h, thin flan, 2.72g/6h (both DH 1065), edge plain, 6.19g/5h (DH 1065a), cockatoo (2), edge grained, 3.41g/6h (DH 1067), edge plain, 2.96g/6h (DH 1067a), pelican, 3.36g/8h (DH 1068); elephant, unsigned die, rev. two-headed cow, 3.04g/12h (DH 1066); lion and dog (2), revs. beaver, 3.57g/4h (DH 1069), monkey,...
Hammer Price: £370
Halfpence (9), Blackfriars, St Ann’s, edge plain, 9.45g/5h (DH 554); Bloomsbury, St George’s, coventry edge, 13.59g/11h (DH 555); Botolph Lane, St Botolph’s, edge plain, 11.62g/11h (DH 556a); Bow Lane, St Mary’s (2), undated, coventry edge, 13.20g/6h (DH 557), 1797, edge partly grained, 9.76g/12h (DH 558); Bread Street, St Mildred’s, edge plain, 11.56g/12h (DH 559); Cannon Street, St Swithin’s, edge plain, 12.41g/12h (DH 560); Cateaton Street, St Lawrence’s, edge plain,...
Mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Highlander (2), both spence edge, in copper, 12.72g/6h, in brass, 12.75g/5h (both DH 742); boys at turnstile, 10.28g/11h (DH 743) [3]. Second very fine and very rare but surfaces dirty, others extremely fine with considerable original colour (£200-250)
Coventry, Edmund Percy, Penny, bust of Philemon Holland three-quarters left in ruff, rev. interior of the Free School, edge penny token payable by e.w. percy coventry, 29.80g/12h (DH 41). Virtually as struck, bronzed, extremely rare (£350-450)
11 July 2006
Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Westwood’s Pattern Halfpenny, 1788, in copper, druid’s head encircled by wreath with 17 acorns, rev. pm co cypher, parys mines company inscribed on downstrokes, value above, edge payable in anglesey at greenfield or in london x x, 13.64g/12h (DH 270). Virtually as struck and attractively patinated, very rare (£200-250)
Kent, Appledore, W. Peckham, Halfpence, 1794 (2), peckham’s edge, 9.97g/6h (DH 3), friggles edge, 9.30g/6h (DH 3a); Benenden, Thomas Reeves, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.92g/6h (DH 4); Brookland, Thomas King, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.48g/6h (DH 5); Canterbury, John Matthews, Halfpence, 1794 (2), mathews edge, 8.82g/6h (DH 6), lancaster edge, 11.70g/6h (DH 6a), James Robertson, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.40g/6h (DH 7), Edward Pillou, Halfpence, 1795 (3), small cypher, 9.62g/6h (DH 8), large cypher (2), 9.35g/6h...
Hammer Price: £360
Kent, Deptford, Thomas Haycraft, Halfpenny, 1795, Kentish men meeting equestrian figure of William I, rev. stern of the Royal George, deptford edge, 9.18g/6h (DH 12). From the obverse die in its original state, about extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare (£70-90)
Bath, Glover, Halfpence (2), milsom street edge, small [27mm] flan, 9.82g/6h (DH 28), edge grained, 9.53g/6h (DH 28b); William Gye, Halfpence, 1794 (4), no bends on arms (2), gye’s edge, 9.66g/6h (DH 32), hastings edge, 9.69g/6h (DH 32a), with bends (2), both gye’s edge, 9.11g/6h (DH 33), 9.75g/7h (DH 34); mule Halfpence by Lutwyche (10), all with bust of John Howard, revs. debtors in ilchester goal, banbury edge, 9.87g/6h (DH 35), debtors in goal (6), anglesey edge, 9.72g/5h (DH 36),...
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Indian, spence edge, 11.91g/6h (DH 711); men under tree, 10.68g/6h (DH 712); sailor, 11.69g/6h (DH 713); snail on river-bank, edge plain, 10.62g/7h (DH 714b); boys at turnstile, 10.67g/12h (DH 715) [5]. DH 712 good very fine and reverse partly off-centre, others extremely fine with original colour, particularly the last (£180-220)
Durham, Sunderland, Wyon’s Penny, 1797, view of iron bridge with brig passing underneath, rev. two large vessels and a small keel, edge plain, 17.89g/6h (DH 2). Tiny nick in field above bridge, otherwise extremely fine with much original colour, rare (£180-220)
Essex, Epping, Spence’s Shilling, 1796, similar, edge plain, 12.33g/12h (DH 1b; Judson 1046). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare (£200-250)
18th Century, Ireland, Dublin, R.L.T. & Co, imitation Halfpence, 1792 (11), 8.72g/6h (DH 355), 9.58g/6h (DH 356), 8.51g/6h (DH 358), 8.80g/5h (DH 360), 9.16g/6h (DH 361), 8.30g/6h (DH 362), 7.82g/6h (DH 368), 8.49g/6h (DH 369), 8.01g/5h (DH 369 bis), 9.54g/6h (DH 370), 9.34g/5h (DH 374), mule Halfpenny, rev. arms, 9.42g/6h (DH 373); M.F.W., Halfpence, 1794 (2), dublin edge, 9.29g/6h (DH 346), edge plain, 8.67g/6h (DH 346a); Charity Food Penny ticket, 1797, 15.70g/6h (DH 1); uncertain issuer,...
Hammer Price: £350
Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Three Shillings and Sixpence, 1788, in silver, bust right, rev. barge sailing left, fine silver around, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 15.59g/12h (DH Warwickshire 337). Minor obverse surface marks and a tiny reverse rim bruise below 1 of date, otherwise very fine and toned, rare (£200-250)
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, James Burleigh, Penny, 1799, Thomas Hobson on horseback right, rev. water tower on cobbled square, edge lettered, 29.74g/12h (DH 9). Light graze on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£300-350)
Mule Halfpence (3), three men hanging, revs. a way to prevent knaves getting a trick (2), in copper, 11.41g/6h, in brass, 11.18g/6h (both DH 837); open book, 10.83g/6h (DH 838) [3]. About extremely fine and better, last with much original colour (£150-200)
Cumberland, County series, James’ Lake Farthing, 1796, lakeland scene, rev. fence dividing two trees, edge plain, 9.55g/12h (DH 2a). Extremely fine and patinated, rare (£150-200)
Mule Farthings (4), three men hanging, revs. conjoined heads of man and ass, edge grained, 3.62g/6h (DH 1120); Pandora’s breeches, edge grained, 3.67g/8h (DH 1121); open book, wrongs of man, edge grained, 3.86g/7h (DH 1122); may the 3 knaves, etc, edge plain, 3.61g/12h (DH 1123a) [4]. About extremely fine and better with traces of original colour, but DH 1120 with some patches of surface verdigris on reverse, all rare (£120-150)
Perth, John Ferrier, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1797, fisherman with net and boat, space between r and des in exergue, rev. bridge above arms, edge payable on demand [by] john ferrier +++, 10.44g/6h (DH – [2 obv., 1 rev.]; Brodie –). Die flaw developing on reverse, very fine and of the highest rarity, perhaps the only known specimen (£100-200)
Hammer Price: £340
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)
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