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16 January 2019
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Edward Stephens, Pennies, 1814 (4), all Wellington types, 14.71g/6h (W 1858), 13.43g/6h (W 1860), 14.96g/6h (W 1862), 14.26g/6h (W 1863); together with an obverse brockage of an 1814 Penny, 13.73g (W 1858) [5]. Brockage fine, others very fine and better, W 1862 with several extensive die breaks on obverse £140-£180
Hammer Price: £480
3 October 2018
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Newark, Thomas Stansall, Charles Moore, Richard Fisher, William Fillingham, William Readett and Thomas Wilson, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, castle, River Trent in foreground, rev. legend around names of issuers, edge neatly centre-grained, 18.99g/6h (W – [dies of 881]). Obverse dulled, reverse brilliant and virtually as struck, of the highest rarity, most attractive; perhaps only one other known [Bliss, lot 882] £400-600
Hammer Price: £500
YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, Samuel Hobson & Son, Halliday’s Penny, 1812, arms, rev. Britannia seated left, edge centre-grained, 23.81g/6h (W 975, this piece illustrated). Extremely fine with most attractive reflective patina £70-£90
3 October 2019
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Edward Bewley, Pennies, 1816 (2), 15.79g/6h (W 1810), 18.85g/12h (W 1810a); Edward Stephens, Pennies, (5), all Wellington types, 1813 (2), 14.68g/6h (W 1850), 14.43g/6h (W 1851), 1814 (2), 15.27g/6h (W 1858), 15.27g/6h (W 1862), 1816, 15.77g/6h (W 1880, this piece illustrated) [7]. W 1810a good fine, others very fine, last rare £150-£200
ISLE OF MAN, Castletown, Isle of Man Bank (George Quayle, Edward Cotteen and Patrick Lightfoot), Halfpenny, 1811, legend around value, rev. triskeles, edge centre-grained, 7.06g/12h (W 2071, this piece illustrated; Prid. 58). Spot above triskeles and some light traces of handling, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £550
STAFFORDSHIRE, Rugeley, Edward Barker, Twopence, 1815, double blowing engine, rev. hydraulic blowing machine, edge grained, 39.17g/6h (W 965). Usual light die flaw in centre of obverse, good very fine with attractive brown patina, very rare £300-400
CHANNEL ISLANDS, Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney, Penny, 1813, value, rev. Prince of Wales’ feathers, edge centre-grained left, 18.19g/6h (W 2044b). Fine, extremely rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £700
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Newark, Thomas Stansall, Charles Moore, Richard Fisher, William Fillingham, William Readett and Thomas Wilson, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, castle, River Trent in foreground, rev. legend around names of issuers, edge neatly centre-grained, 18.41g/6h (W – [dies of 881]). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, of the highest rarity, most attractive; perhaps only two others known [Bliss, lot 882 and Cokayne I, lot 3299] £400-£600
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, John McTurk, Penny, 1830, laureate bust of George III right, rev. ornaments dividing for publick accommodation, edge plain, 7.16g/7h (W 2091, this piece illustrated). Weak in parts, otherwise extremely fine and virtually as struck, attractive brown patina, of the highest rarity £200-£300
Hammer Price: £750
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, Samuel Fereday, First series, Proof Penny, 1811, view of Priestfield furnaces, rev. legend around value, edge neatly grained, 18.23g/12h (W 45a). Some spotting on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck, reverse brilliant and with reflective fields, very rare £300-360
STAFFORDSHIRE, Perry Barr, William Booth, Penny, 1811, wheatsheaf, rev. value, edge plain, 20.73g/11h (W 955). Stain to left of wheatsheaf and an obverse rim nick at 12 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine with brown patina, extremely rare as an original £400-500
WORCESTERSHIRE, Lye, Thomas Wood & Co, Proof Penny, 1811, legend around value, rev. tree, edge centre-grained, 19.17g/12h (W – [dies of W 860]; cf. DNW 157, 1298). Trifling spots in centre of obverse, otherwise brilliant mint state with fully reflective surfaces, extremely rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £800
Not Local: Irish, George III series, Halfpenny, 1819, laureate bust right, edge grained, 7.86g (W 1995-7). Obverse brockage; about very fine, unusual and very rare £80-£100
NORFOLK, Norwich, Robert Dunham and Sir John Yallop, Pattern Halfpenny, 1811, in copper, unsigned, Hope standing right, holding anchor and supporting shield, rev. crest above city arms, relief in distress, etc, linear outer circle both sides, edge neatly grained, 8.62g/12h (W 915, this piece illustrated). Small toning spot by shield at lower right, otherwise virtually as struck, of the highest rarity; no others traced in commerce £300-500
Hammer Price: £900
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Threepence, 1813, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. crowned royal arms and supporters in high relief, no legend, edge centre-grained, 66.49g/12h (W – [obv. of 383 and 387]). A highly unusual concoction, obverse good fine or a little better but with some surface marks, reverse extremely fine but with some light spotting at right, UNIQUE £800-£1,000
GLAMORGANSHIRE, Landore, British Copper Co, imitation Halfpenny, 1814, lion standing left, edge plain, 8.17g (W 615). Obverse brockage; about very fine, unusual and very rare £50-£100
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Edward Stephens, Penny, 1816, laureate bust of Wellington left, rev. crowned harp, edge with centre line but not grained, 16.38g/6h (W 1891, this piece illustrated). Metal fault in front of bust and some surface marks in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine with attractive dark patina, extremely rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £1,000
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, Douglas Bank Co (William Littler, Robert Littler and James Dove), Proof Penny, 1811, douglas bank token, etc, rev. Peel Castle, edge centre-grained, thin flan, 9.91g/12h (W 2060d [not traced]; cf. Prid. 51a). Some light spotting, otherwise extremely fine with a hint of original colour, extremely rare £500-£700
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Edward Thomason, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, bust left in wreath, rev. value, edge neatly grained, 18.53g/12h (W 281b; cf. DNW 66, 935). Struck from rusted dies and fields hairlined, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, extremely rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,100
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Davis’ Sixpence, 1813, elevation of Workhouse, rev. arms, edge plain, 134.75g/6h (W 376). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,300
WORCESTERSHIRE, Netherton, James Griffin & Sons, Trial Penny, unsigned [perhaps by J. Sheriff], in copper, interior of Withymoor Scythe Works, unfinished detail in centre including no floor patterning or date below value, rev. scythe and knives, crossed spades below, edge centre-grained, 23.61g/6h (W 1219, this piece). Extremely fine with chocolate-brown patina, of the highest rarity and believed UNIQUE £600-£800
Not Local: Irish, ‘St Patrick Apos 432’ series, Halfpence, 1806 (2), 8.81g/6h (W 2015), 8.84g/12h (W 2017) [2]. Very fine, first with traces of overstriking, second very rare £60-£80
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, Douglas Bank Co (William Littler, Robert Littler and James Dove), Proof Penny, 1811, bronzed, douglas token, etc, rev. similar, edge grained, 12.65g/12h (W 2065b [not traced]; cf. Prid. 52a; cf. Harris Coll., 1923, lot 6). Light carbon specks in reverse field, otherwise virtually as struck and of the highest rarity £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
GLAMORGANSHIRE, Landore, British Copper Co, mule Halfpenny, bare-headed bust left, brutus, rev. laureate bust of Romanesque style right. edge centre-grained, 10.11g/6h (W 629, this piece illustrated). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £1,700
Not Local: Irish, Halfpenny, 1819, beehive, from industry abundance flows, rev. crowned harp, edge plain, 8.03g/6h (W – [1985-6 obv., rev. different]). Very fine for issue, brown patina, extremely rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £1,900
SHROPSHIRE, Dawley, Gilbert Gilpin, Halfpenny, 1811, legend around sells chains for pits cranes &c, etc, rev. boar running right, edge neatly grained, 8.69g/6h (W 718, this piece illustrated). Virtually as struck with full original colour, of the highest rarity; superior to the British Museum specimen £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,200
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Threepence, 1813, elevation of Workhouse, rev. rule britannia hura hura around crown in triple concentric circle, outer beaded border, edge centre-grained, 67.61g/2h (W 387, this piece). Light vertical graze on obverse and some minor rim nicks, otherwise extremely fine with a little original colour, UNIQUE £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £2,400
YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, Overseers, Proof Penny, 1813, from the same dies as previous, edge centre-grained, 20.83g/6h (W – [dies of 991]). Brilliant mint state, the companion piece to the preceding, of the highest rarity £500-£700
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Edward Stephens, Parkes’ Penny, 1816, laureate and draped bust of the Duke of Wellington left, long hair, rev. crowned harp, edge centre-grained, 16.71g/6h (W 1869). Good very fine, brown patina, extremely rare; far superior to the Withers plate piece £200-£300
Hammer Price: £3,400
GLAMORGANSHIRE, Landore, British Copper Co, Pattern Penny, 1812, by P. Wyon, in copper, british copper company in wreath, smelting works at landore around, rev. lion walking left, above value and date, rolling mills at walthamstow around, edge centre-grained, 23.33g/7h (W 574, this piece; Sharp, p.193, no.3, this piece). Trifling marks, otherwise virtually as struck with red-brown patina, UNIQUE; by far the most important early 19th century Welsh token extant, only 4 owners from new ...
Hammer Price: £3,800
YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, Overseers, Proof Penny, 1813, in gilt-copper, frontal elevation of the Workhouse, rev. Justice standing facing on pedestal, holding scales and olive-branch, edge centre-grained, 21.70g/6h (W 991b). Small spot by second o of poor and very light rubbing to highest points of reverse, otherwise brilliant and as struck, a stunning token of the highest rarity; no others seen by the cataloguer in commerce £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £4,400
The largest copper coin ever issued in Great Britain: WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Workhouse, Sixpence, 1813, elevation of Workhouse, rev. arms, edge plain, 163.07g/6h (W 375; Davis Warwickshire 727, and pl. Q, no.5, this piece). Minor edge nicks, otherwise very fine and extremely rare; believed about 10 specimens now known, this one arguably the finest available to commerce and sold with a related affidavit as to its 19th century provenance £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £7,500
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