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Co Dublin, Dublin, Prattent’s mule Halfpence (3), 1795 (2), Prince of Wales’ crest, revs. crowned head crest, 10.32g/6h (DH 329), bust of Bryen Boiroimhe, 10.25g/6h (DH 331); undated, hs & co cypher, rev. wheatsheaf and doves, 8.42g/6h [3]. DH 331 extremely fine, others nearly so £180-£220
Hammer Price: £190
Co Dublin, Dublin, Skidmore’s mule Farthing, Hibernia seated left, rev. ps co cypher, 3.84g/12h (DH 409); Co LOUTH, Drogheda, Irish Mine Co, imitation Halfpenny, 1792, 6.92g/6h (DH 5); Co WICKLOW, Ballymurtagh, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, rev. bust of Shakespeare, 6.47g/7h (DH 228) [3]. First extremely fine and patinated, second about fine, last good very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £150
Co Offaly (King’s County), Charleville, Charles Bury, Thirteen Pence, 1802, arms and supporters, rev. payable at tullamoore, etc, upper portion of a in tuesday clear, edge plain, 22.25g/6h (DH 1 [illustrated as DH 2]). Proof-like surfaces, graze in upper reverse field, otherwise extremely fine, attractive £300-£400
Hammer Price: £850
Munster (Co Clare, Cork, Kerry, etc), Prattent’s mule Halfpenny, wheatsheaf and doves, rev. City of London arms, edge plain, 8.81g/6h (DH 12). Extremely fine, patinated £60-£80
Hammer Price: £80
Munster (Co Clare, Cork, Kerry, etc), Prattent’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. fat man sat at table eating, edge plain, 11.52g/6h (DH 14). Extremely fine with considerable original colour, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £420
Unlocalised issues, Denton’s ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, swan with partly expanded wings swimming left, rev. arms of the county of Middlesex, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 22.23g/6h (DH Middlesex 174). Usual light die flaws on reverse, extremely fine with much original colour, very rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Unlocalised issues, Denton’s ‘Iulious Ceaser’ Farthing, 1795, bust left, rev. payable in london liverpool or bath, edge plain, 3.74g/12h (DH Middlesex 1125). Weak in parts, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £110
Unlocalised issues, Hancock and Jorden’s ‘End of Pain’ Halfpenny, man hanging from gibbet, rev. Pandora’s breeches, snake below with head representative of Joseph Priestley, edge plain, 11.57g/6h (DH Middlesex 829a). Usual reverse die flaw, otherwise very fine, light brown patina £90-£120
Hammer Price: £240
Unlocalised issues, Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Halfpence (3), 9.45g/12h (DH Middlesex 1011), 9.24g/12h, 9.14g/12h (both DH 1012); Kempson’s Sir Isaac Newton series, counterfeit Farthing, 1793, 2.46g/6h (DH 1155); Lutwyche’s Anti-Slavery Halfpence (2), 9.41g/6h (DH 1037), 9.87g/3h (DH 1039a); Lutwyche’s Prince of Wales mule Halfpenny, 9.56g/6h (DH 960); Lutwyche’s Princess of Wales Halfpence, 1795 (2), 9.70g/12h (DH 977), 9.55g/6h (DH 981c); Prattent’s ‘Loyal Britons Lodge’...
Hammer Price: £360
Unlocalised issues, Kempson’s ‘End of Pain’ Halfpenny, three men hanging, rev. open book, edge plain, 10.86g/6h (DH Middlesex 838). Very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £300
Unlocalised issues, Skidmore’s British Penny, 1797, Britannia seated right, rev. twr cypher, date on tablet below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.42g/6h (DH Middlesex 6). Usual weakness in centre of reverse, minor spotting, otherwise virtually as struck, attractive patina, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £480
Unlocalised issues, Skidmore’s Penny for the Centenary of the Revolution [using the rev. die by C. James], bust of William III right without border, rev. Britannia seated left, edge plain, 25.15g/6h (DH Middlesex 198; Woolf 75:4; BHM 284). Some light carbon spots, otherwise extremely fine with diffused original colour and particularly well struck with full detail, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £600
Unlocalised issues, Skidmore’s Halfpenny for the Aborted Viewing of the Dutch Prizes at the Nore, 1797, laureate bust of George III right, rev. to commemorate his majesty, etc, edge grained, 9.49g/12h (DH Middlesex 943; BHM 421). Some spotting, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £60-£80
Hammer Price: £100
Unlocalised issues, Skidmore’s Duke of York Halfpenny, 1797, bust left, rev. dy cypher, a member of the brith. senate, edge plain, 12.72g/6h (DH Middlesex 994). Uusal flaws on reverse rim, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare £90-£120
Unlocalised issues, Skidmore’s Duke of York Halfpenny, 1797, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 12.44g/6h (DH Middlesex 994). Uusal flaws on reverse rim, spot by e of duke, otherwise about extremely fine and patinated, rare £70-£90
Hammer Price: £65
Unlocalised issues, Skidmore’s Revd. William Cooper Halfpenny, 9.29g/12h (DH Middlesex 1007); Skidmore’s Charles Fox Halfpenny, 1797, 11.08g/12h (DH 1014); Skidmore’s Revd. William Romaine Halfpenny, 1795, 9.65g/12h (DH 1036; BHM 402) [3]. About extremely fine and better £90-£120
Unlocalised issues, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, dove with olive branch in wreath, rev. gb cypher, edge grained over skidmore holborn london, 12.69g/6h (DH Middlesex 594). Very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £40
18th Century Tokens, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette dividing date, rev. anchor and cable, edge skidmore holborn london, 13.34g/12h (DH Middlesex 1000). Extremely fine and very rare £140-£180
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpence (3), bust left, revs. three armed citizens, 11.55g/7h (DH Middlesex 681d), Indian, 10.59g/6h (DH 684), shepherd, 9.98g/4h (DH 690b) [3]. Very fine and better £90-£120
Hammer Price: £180
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpence (4), t spence bookseller, etc, revs. Marine Society boy, 12.02g/5h (DH Middlesex 698), Spaniard, 11.88g/6h (DH 700), Turk, 12.61g/5h (DH 703), Bridewell boy, 11.94g/6h (DH 708) [4]. DH 703 very fine, others generally about extremely fine but DH 698 with spot on reverse and DH 708 with striking crack £140-£180
Hammer Price: £460
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpence (5), ass with paniers, rev. noted advocates, etc, 12.40g/12h (DH Middlesex 716a); Bluecoat boy, rev. Westminster scholar, 10.22g/6h (DH 724); sailor seizing a landsman, rev. Cain slaying Abel, 12.57g/5h (DH 735); deserted village (2), revs. Britannia, 10.70g/7h (DH 744), Indian, 11.92g/6h (DH 746) [5]. DH 744 extremely fine, DH 716a and 724 very fine, former rare, others fine £180-£220
Hammer Price: £550
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, sailor seizing a landsman, rev. boxers, edge spence dealer in coins london, 10.62g/5h (DH Middlesex 726). About extremely fine, glossy patina £100-£150
Hammer Price: £320
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpence (3), dog, rev. boys at turnstile, 9.58g/6h (DH Middlesex 756); Free-born Englishman (2), revs. bust of John Thelwall, 11.86g/6h, 10.24g/7h (both DH 759, former in brass) [3]. First about extremely fine, others about very fine and better but both with striking cracks, brass very rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £340
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, fat man sat at table eating, rev. cap of Liberty above anchor, edge plain, 9.77g/6h (DH Middlesex 761). Trifling marks, otherwise extremely fine, glossy patina £100-£150
Hammer Price: £200
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpence (4), bust of Charles Fox right, revs. caduceus, 7.99g/6h (DH Middlesex 763a), conjoined heads of man and ass, 7.23g/6h (DH – [dies of 767, edge grained]), soldier and two citizens, 12.92g/5h (DH 770), tree and two shields, 8.85g/6h (DH 772a) [4]. DH 770 about extremely fine, others good fine and better, second probably extremely rare £140-£180
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpence (2), bust of Lord George Gordon left with legend, rev. heart and hand, 12.04g/12h DH Middlesex 777); bust of Lord George Gordon without legend, rev. legend in 4 lines, 10.31g/7h (DH 782; BHM 227) [2]. First extremely fine, second nearly so £120-£150
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, bust of Daniel Mendoza, rev. boxers, edge spence dealer in coins london, 10.30g/6h (DH Middlesex 785). Extremely fine, original colour £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,000
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, bust of Daniel Mendoza left, rev. shepherd, edge spence dealer in coins london, 10.96g/12h (DH Middlesex 788). About extremely fine, diffused original colour, scarce £180-£220
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpence (3), heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined, rev. Cain slaying Abel, 12.23g/6h (DH Middlesex 801); Pandora’s breeches, rev. crowned anchor and hearts, 10.51g/7h (DH 839a); man in prison gnawing bone, rev. shepherd, 9.09g/6h (DH 853) [3]. About extremely fine and better, last attractively patinated £150-£200
Hammer Price: £500
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, man hanging series, type 2, man with short legs, no border, rev. may the knave, etc, edge plain, not in collar, 12.68g/12h (DH Middlesex 831a). Extremely fine with much original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £650
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpence (3), sailor, rev. crowned anchor and hearts, 12.21g/5h (DH Middlesex 857); stag and tree, rev. snail on river-bank, 10.35g/6h (DH 862); bust of John Horne Tooke right, rev. Sessions House, Old Bailey, 14.49g/6h (DH 878; BHM 380) [3]. Last about very fine, others about extremely fine and better £140-£180
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Halfpence (4), bust of John Thelwall right (2), revs. Minerva, 12.30g/11h (DH Middlesex 866), snail on river-bank, 10.10g/6h (DH 869); bust of John Horne Tooke right, rev. Sessions House, Old Bailey, 14.44g/6h (DH 878; BHM 380); Tree of Liberty, rev. lion and cock, 11.23g/11h (DH 889) [4]. DH 866 extremely fine with original colour, DH 869 about very fine, others very fine and better £150-£200
Hammer Price: £380
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Farthings (3), bust left, rev. conjoined heads of man and ass, 4.01g/4h (DH Middlesex 1079); Adam and Eve, die with artist’s name almost obliterated (2), revs. man on bull with ass’s head, 3.51g/5h (DH 1085), padlock, 4.06g/7h (DH 1087) [3]. About extremely fine, but first with striking crack £90-£120
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Farthings (4), Even Fellows (2), revs. man on bull with ass’s head, 4.10g/6h (DH Middlesex 1093), conjoined heads of man and ass, 4.00g/6h (DH 1094a); man on all fours (2), revs. Britannia, 4.01g/12h (DH 1099), man on bull with ass’s head, 4.04g/6h (DH 1100) [4]. About extremely fine and better, last two with matching rainbow patina £150-£200
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Farthing, man hanging from gibbet to right, rev. open book, edge plain, 3.80g/7h (DH Middlesex 1106a). Extremely fine, original colour, rare £120-£150
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Farthings (2), from the same dies as previous, 3.63g/7h (DH Middlesex 1106a); man hanging from gibbet to left, rev. such is the reward of tyrants, 3.72g/6h (DH 1111a) [2]. Very fine £150-£200
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Farthing, man hanging from gallows, rev. such is the reward of tyrants, edge plain, 3.10g/6h (DH Middlesex 1111a). Handling mark on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, obverse with much original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £400
Unlocalised issues, Spence’s mule Farthings (3), legend, revs. man on bull with ass’s head, 2.92g/6h (DH Middlesex 1112), Britannia, 3.19g/6h (DH 1113), slave, 3.15g/6h (DH 1118) [3]. DH 1113 about extremely fine, others very fine and better £140-£180
Unlocalised issues, Westwood’s British Commercial Penny, 1797, bust of George III right, rev. Britannia seated left on cannon, edge plain, 28.86g/6h (DH 7). Very fine, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £130
Unlocalised issues, Westwood’s Collectors’ Halfpenny, 1796, connoisseur smoking pipe, seated at table spread with medals, elderly figure placing a fool’s cap on his head, rev. ass and mule standing facing, be assured friend mule, etc, edge any sum given for scarce original impressions, 11.07g/6h (DH Middlesex 298). Usual die flaw on reverse, some surface defects in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine with some original colour, rare £400-£500
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