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Unlocalised issues, Westwood’s Collectors’ Halfpenny, 1796, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. two boys racing on asses to right, asses running for halfpence, edge any sum given for scarce original impressions, 11.11g/6h (DH 299). Light rubbing to high points of obverse, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £380
Unlocalised issues, Westwood’s British Commercial Quarter-Penny, 1797, bust of George III right, rev. Britannia seated left on cannon, edge plain, 6.56g/12h (DH 1150). Usual die flaw above cannon, about extremely fine and bronzed, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £120
Unlocalised issues, Uncertain manufacturer, Cabbage Society, token, 1796, in copper, cabbage, rev. purim and date around six-petalled flower, edge grained over an asylum for the oppress’d of all nations, 16.51g/6h (DH 227a; W 1756). Extremely fine, obverse with a hint of original colour, reverse attractively patinated, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £260
USA, Kentucky, Cent, hand holding scroll, rev. 15 stars radiated, edge plain, 9.74g/6h (Whitman 8800; Breen 1154; DH Lancashire 59c). Very fine, a little diffused original colour £180-£220
Hammer Price: £280
USA, Kentucky, Cent, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 10.31g/6h (Whitman 8800; Breen 1154; DH Lancashire 59c). Fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £90
USA, George Washington, Cent, 1791, bust left, rev. small eagle with date below, edge united states of america, 12.17g/6h (Musante 15; Whitman 10630; Breen 1217; DH Middlesex 1050). Very fine £240-£300
Hammer Price: £600
USA, George Washington, Cent, 1791, from the same dies as previous, edge united states of america, 12.59g/6h (Musante 15; Whitman 10630; Breen 1217; DH Middlesex 1050). Scrape in obverse field and a small rim knock at 10 o’clock, otherwise good fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £200
USA, George Washington, Halfpenny, 1793, bust left, rev. ship, edge payable in anglesey london or liverpool, 10.39g/6h (Musante 20; Whitman 10855; Breen 1225; DH Middlesex 1051). Fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £170
USA, George Washington, Halfpenny, 1793, from the same dies as previous, edge payable in anglesey london or liverpool, 10.45g/6h (Musante 20; Whitman 10855; Breen 1225; DH Middlesex 1051). Fair to fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £85
USA, George Washington, ‘Liberty and Security’ Penny [1795], bust of George Washington left, rev. arms and crest, edge an asylum for the oppress’d of all nations, 19.42g/6h (Musante 45; Whitman 11050; Breen 1254; DH Middlesex 243). Dig below chin, otherwise good fine £300-£400
USA, George Washington, ‘Repub. Ameri.’ 1796, a copper medal by P. Wyon, bust right, date below, rev. genl. of the american armies…resigned the presidency, etc, 33mm, 20.07g/6h (Musante 61; Breen 1275; DH Middlesex 245). Edge knocks, otherwise about very fine, rare £200-£260
Historical Medals, 50th Birthday of Joseph Priestley, 1783, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock, bust right, rev. scientific apparatus on a bench, chimney with smoke at right, 36mm, 15.90g/12h (DH Warwickshire 33; BHM 251; E 807). Usual flaw on reverse rim, extremely fine, red-brown patina, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £150
Historical Medals, Centenary of the Revolution, 1788, a silver medal by C. James, 33mm, 15.24g/12h (DH Middlesex 186; Woolf 75:6; BHM 286); a gilt-copper medal, unsigned, 35mm, 9.60g/12h (DH Middlesex 201; Woolf 75:7; BHM 288) [2]. First very fine and toned but pierced for suspension, second about fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £55
Historical Medals, Visit of George III to Worcester, 1788, a plated brass ISG by J. Davies, 24.5mm, 4.13g/6h (NW 1880; DH Worcestershire 38; BHM 275); Visit of George III to Weymouth, 1789, a white metal medal by C. James, rev. a present from weymouth, 33mm, 9.97g/12h (DH Dorset 1bis; BHM 318); Visit of George III to Plymouth, 1789, a plated medal by J. Davies, 29mm, 7.69g/6h (DH Devon 8; BHM 319) [3]. Last about extremely fine, others fine to very fine £60-£80
Historical Medals, George III, Recovery from Illness, 1789, medals by J. Davies (4), in copper (2), both 29mm, 8.11g/6h, 7.42g/6h (both DH Middlesex 932; BHM 296); in gilt-copper and white metal, both 30mm, 7.77g/12h, 6.67g/12h (both DH Middlesex 934; BHM 299) [4]. First two extremely fine, third fine to very fine, last good very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £130
Historical Medals, William Pitt, 1789, a white metal medal by C. James, 33mm, 10.50g/12h (DH Middlesex 212; BHM 326); Lord Thurlow, 1789, a white metal medal by C. James and T. Wyon Jr, 33mm, 11.28g/12h (DH Middlesex 219; BHM 331); Francis Willis, 1789, a white metal medal by C. James, 33mm, 10.17g/12h (DH Middlesex 220; BHM 333) [3]. Last about very fine, others very fine and better £60-£80
Historical Medals, Society for Free Debate, Birmingham, 1789, a copper medal by T. Wyon Sr, bust of Demosthenes left, rev. to raise the genius and to mend the heart, 33mm, 15.80g/6h (DH Warwickshire 35; W 1909). Some spotting in and around legends, otherwise good very fine, rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £75
Historical Medals, Prize Fighting Ring, Banbury, 1789, Isaac Perrins, a copper medal, unsigned, 34mm, 18.74g/12h (DH Warwickshire 13); Birmingham Riots [or the Second Anniversary of the French Revolution], 1791, a white metal medal, unsigned [perhaps by J.G. Hancock], 34mm, 13.56g/12h (DH Warwickshire 34; BHM 360); Victory of 1 June 1794, a white metal medal, unsigned, 28mm, 7.27g/6h (DH Hampshire 39; BHM 385) [3]. First very fine but with rim nicks, second fair, last fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £95
Historical Medals, George III and Queen Charlotte, c. 1790, a copper medalet by C.H. Küchler, 22mm, 2.88g/11h (DH 1133; BHM 339); Charles Fox, c. 1790, medals by W. Lutwyche (2), in copper, 34mm, 24.11g/6h (DH Middlesex 223; BHM 324), in white metal, 34mm, 14.66g/6h (DH Middlesex 224a; BHM 324); King and Constitution, 1793, a white metal medal by C. Twigg and I.S.G., 36mm, 15.11g/12h (DH Middlesex 188; BHM 370) [4]. First extremely fine with much original colour, second about extremely...
Historical Medals, Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned [by W. Dixon after W. Hackwood], chained slave kneeling right, rev. whatsoever ye would, etc, 33mm, 11.69g/1h (DH Middlesex 235; BHM 269). Obverse fine, reverse very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £700
Historical Medals, Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a silver medal, unsigned, chained slave kneeling right, rev. whatsoever ye would, etc, 33mm, 11.76g/12h (DH Middlesex 237; BHM 269; W 2445). Fine, obverse better, old tone, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £800
Historical Medals, Death of John Howard, 1790, a copper medal by W. Mainwaring, 32mm, 14.28g/12h (DH Middlesex 207; BHM 343); Richard Sheridan, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned [perhaps by W. Mainwaring], 35mm, 16.45g/12h (DH Middlesex 217; BHM 346) [2]. Very fine £80-£100
Historical Medals, Birmingham Riots [or the Second Anniversary of the French Revolution], 1791, a copper medal, unsigned [perhaps by J.G. Hancock], monster of Sedition carrying flag with cap of Liberty on the staff, rev. snake basking in long grass, 34mm, 16.62g/12h (DH Warwickshire 34; BHM 360). Usual die flaw on obverse which is half patinated, about extremely fine £200-£300
Historical Medals, Thomas Paine, 1793, a white metal medal, unsigned [possibly by W. Mainwaring], bust right, rev. man standing, regarding a mountain at right, on which crouches a mouse, two other figures at left, 33mm, 10.48g/12h (DH Middlesex 208; BHM 365). Very fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £400
Historical Medals, Thomas Paine, 1793, a white metal medal, unsigned, man hanging from tree, a tree is known by its fruit…, i die for this damn'd book in speech bubble, rev. may the tree of liberty exist to bear tommy's last friend, 32mm, 10.75g/12h (DH Middlesex 209, the plate coin; BHM 366). Usual small flaws by obverse rim, even wear, fine, very rare £400-£600
Historical Medals, Thomas Hardy Acquitted, 1794, a white metal medal by W. Lutwyche, 33mm, 11.94g/6h (DH Middlesex 206; BHM 379); a copper medal, unsigned, 32mm, 14.82g/12h (DH Middlesex 204; BHM 378) [2]. First fine and free of tin pest, rare, second about very fine £100-£150
Historical Medals, Queen Charlotte’s 51st Birthday, 1795, a silver medal, unsigned [by C.H. Küchler], bust left, rev. frogmore, etc, 34mm, 23.03g/12h (Pollard 10; BHM 390; E 864; cf. DNW 136, 1506). Obverse die flaw in very early stage, about extremely fine, mottled uneven tone, very rare in silver £150-£200
Hammer Price: £360
Historical Medals, Queen Charlotte’s 51st Birthday, 1795, a mule medal in silver by J.-P. Droz, bust of George III right, rev. from the same die as previous, 34mm, 23.20g/12h (DH Middlesex 181 bis; Pollard 10, rev.; BHM 390). Extremely fine, irregular toning, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £240
Historical Medals, Death of Revd. William Romaine, 1795, copper medals (2), by J. Milton, 32mm, 16.49g/6h (DH Middlesex 216; BHM 403); unsigned, 32mm, 13.13g/12h (DH Middlesex 214; BHM 404) [2]. Extremely fine, first toned, second with original colour £80-£100
Hammer Price: £110
Historical Medals, Admiral Sir Alan Gardner Elected, 1796, a copper medal by P. Kempson, Gardner in naval uniform standing in front of a cannon, rev. obelisk at left, fox standing on three blocks, no majesty but that of the people, etc, 33mm, 22.14g/6h (DH Middlesex 226; BHM 411). About extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £190
Historical Medals, Union Mill, Birmingham, 1796, a copper check, caduceus and cornucopia, rev. stamped 153, 33mm, 15.97g (DH Warwickshire 37). Good very fine, patinated £60-£80
Hammer Price: £65
Historical Medals, Naval Thanksgiving at St Paul’s, 1797, medals (3), by J. Milton, in copper, 32mm, 16.24g/12h (DH Middlesex 192; BHM 439), unsigned (2), in copper and white metal, both 33mm, 18.44g/6h, 12.76g/6h (both DH Middlesex 197; BHM 442) [3]. Last good fine, others about extremely fine and better £70-£90
Historical Medals, Naval Thanksgiving at St Paul’s, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, bust of George III right, rev. providence this day acknowledged, etc, 33mm, 17.93g/6h (DH Middlesex 197; BHM 442). Extremely fine, original colour, attractive reflective surfaces £90-£120
Hammer Price: £80
Historical Medals, Norwich Loyal Military Association, 1797, a copper medal, unsigned, soldier bearing arms in front of a row of tents, Castle and Cathedral in background, rev. arms of Norwich flanked by military ensigns, 32mm, 14.88g/6h (DH Norfolk 3; BHM 443). Very fine £60-£80
Historical Medals, The Greatheed Petition to Dismiss the King’s Ministers, Warwick, 1797, a white metal medal, unsigned, three men in cart exhorting the crowds on either side, gallows above, rev. as if from temple bar some head was cut, and on rebelling trunk the face was put, 36mm, 19.68g/12h (DH Warwickshire 9; BHM 444). A few spots of tin pest, otherwise obverse about extremely fine, reverse very fine, very rare £200-£260
Historical Medals, Farming Monopolies, Birmingham, 1800, a white metal medal, unsigned [by J.G. Hancock for P. Kempson], head left with distended mouth attempting to swallow a globe, rev. Eye of Providence above gloved hand dispensing coins to other hands, 37mm, 15.30g/6h (DH Middlesex 240; BHM 497). Good fine, surfaces dulled £80-£100
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