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Suffolk, Ipswich, James Conder, Milton’s first Penny, 1795, bust of Cardinal Wolsey left, in cap with tassel, artist’s initials below, rev. Wolsey’s gate, edge plain, 16.41g/12h (DH 9). Usual die flaw on obverse in later stage, extremely fine and attractively patinated, of the highest rarity and one of the classic tokens in the entire 18th century series; only 4 struck £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £2,000
Yorkshire, Beverley, J. Green, Halfpenny, 1797, pawnbroker’s balls, rev. money lent on plate wearing apparel &c, etc, edge payable in dublin or london, 9.98g/12h (DH 13a). Minor traces of overstriking, otherwise extremely fine with original colour and fresh surfaces, of the highest rarity with this edge £500-£800
Hammer Price: £1,900
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
Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Gregory Hancock, Halfpenny or medal, 1800, bust right, sir original around, rev. this is my work iohn gregory hancock aged 7 years…industry produceth wealth, edge plain, 13.61g/12h (DH 140). Die flaws on obverse rim, virtually as struck with reflective fields and attractive patina, very rare £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,500
Warwickshire, Birmingham, John Gregory Hancock, Halfpenny or medal, 1800, in brass, bust of William Shakespeare left, w · shakespeare i·g· hancock aged 7 y’s around, rev. from the same die as previous, edge plain, 13.82g/12h (DH 142). Some spotting and handling marks, otherwise about extremely fine, extremely rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,100
London, Soho, Isaac Swainson, Ponthon’s Halfpenny, bust left, rev. robed female dropping herbs into a brick still, edge plain, 10.25g/6h (DH 907). Some light spotting, peripheral original colour but centres mostly patinated, extremely rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,000
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
London, The Strand, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (9), undated, 8.72g/5h (DH 414); 1795, 6.94g/6h (DH 415b); elephant (2), revs. rhinoceros to left, 9.45g/7h (DH 417, polished obv. die), tiger, 12.91g/6h (DH 418); lion and dog, rev. monkey, 9.41g/6h (DH 431); antelope, rev. ostrich, 8.69g/6h (DH 447); two-headed cow (2), revs. toucan, 7.17g/6h (DH 454), royal arms and supporters, 7.00g/6h (DH 455); monkey, rev. crane, 9.59g/6h (DH 458) [9]. Very fine and better £150-£200
Hammer Price: £950
Warwickshire, Birmingham, Thomas Welch, Penny, 1799, mounted yeoman riding left, warwickshire yeomanry, etc, rev. promissory penny token issued by thomas welch second troop and date, edge armed to preserve our lives property and constitution against foreign and domestic enemies, 27.57g/6h (DH 27a). Virtually as struck with attractive patina and reflective surfaces, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £900
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
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
Worcestershire, Hagley, Spence’s Halfpenny, man angling on river-bank, fishing-box under trees at left, rev. snail on river-bank, tree and bridge in background, edge plain, 10.32g/6h (DH 21). Extremely fine, red-brown patina, rare £200-£260
Warwickshire, Coventry, Edmund Percy, Penny, 1801, bust of Philemon Holland three-quarters left in ruff, rev. open book propped against two others, quill and ink-stand in foreground, edge penny token payable by e.w. percy coventry, 35.45g/12h (DH 44). Light rubbing to high points, otherwise about extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare £600-£800
London, Old Cavendish Street, Richard Summers, Halfpenny, 1797, head of a wild man full facing, rev. large rs cypher surrounded by three lines of legends, edge plain, 15.91g/6h (DH 906). Spot on forehead of wild man, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £800
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
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
Kent, Gravesend, Denton’s Naval Penny, 1797, sailing barge, rev. crowned coronet, edge partially engrailed, 9.14g/12h (DH 1). An early striking from the undamaged reverse die, some spotting on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, reverse better and with a hint of original colour, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
Suffolk, 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). Light scratch by o of cross, otherwise extremely fine and retaining much original brilliance, toned, very rare £400-£500
Hampshire, Gosport, Thomas Wood, Jacobs’ mule Penny, 1798, flags and drum, rev. floating raft, french folly, etc, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.17g/12h (DH 3). Usual light die cracks on obverse, otherwise extremely fine with a little orginal colour, rare £300-£400
Co Durham, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Denton’s Penny, 1796, view of iron bridge with two vessels passing underneath, rev. legend in eight lines within palm wreath, edge on demand in london liverpool or anglesey, 28.59g/7h (DH 3). Struck over an Parys Mine Co, Amlwch, Penny, 1787, of which traces and the edge remain, good very fine, very rare £300-£400
London, Newgate Street, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, Christ’s Hospital, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.05g/12h (DH 126). Small spot on lower part of globe, otherwise extremely fine with considerable original colour, very rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £700
London, Clerkenwell, Joseph Askins, Jacobs’ Halfpenny, 1796, man standing with wooden leg, rev. ja cypher within wreath, the celebrated ventriloquist around, edge engrailed, 9.70g/6h (DH 251). Extremely fine with almost full original colour, very rare £300-£400
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
Somerset, Bath, Kempson’s Buildings, Halfpence (12), revs. All Saints Chapel (2), 13.83g/6h, 13.70g/6h (both DH 69); Argyle Chapel, 11.56g/6h (DH 70); Cross Bath Pump Room, 13.25g/12h (DH 72); Free Church, 13.72g/6h (DH 73); Free School, 13.24g/6h (DH 74); General Hospital, 13.88g/12h (DH 75); Kensington Chapel, 13.56g/6h (DH 76); New Pump Room Interior, 13.54g/6h (DH 82); New Rooms Principal Entrance, 13.90g/6h (DH 83); St Mary’s Chapel, 12.66g/6h (DH 78a); military trophies, bath...
Anglesey, Amlwch, Parys Mine Co, Penny, 1787, druid’s head encircled by wreath with 22 acorns, rev. John Dawes’ monogram above pm co cypher, edge on demand in london liverpool or anglesey, 28.10g/6h (DH 10). Spot by second e of bearer, otherwise about extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare; very few specimens known, of which this is one of the finest £300-£500
Hammer Price: £650
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
Co Durham, Sunderland, Wyon’s Penny, 1797, view of iron bridge with brig passing underneath, rev. two large vessels and a small keel, edge plain, 17.37g/6h (DH 2). Light spotting on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, rare £300-£400
Yorkshire, Sheffield, Constitutional Society, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1792, cap of Liberty on pole, rev. oval shield flanked by four flags, unite & be free above, to preserve is to conquer below, edge payable at macclesfield liverpool or congleton, 12.26g/6h (DH 61; W 2023). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, rare £400-£500
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
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
Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, Denton’s Halfpenny, 1797, ancient fortress, rev. jb cypher, edge plain, 6.25g/6h (DH 1). Struck over a Lutwyche imitation Halfpenny of John Wilkinson, 1794 (DH Warwickshire 463); light spotting on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, rare £400-£500
Shropshire, Bridgnorth, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, Dudmaston Hall, 25.18g/12h (DH Middlesex 133); Ludlow, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, Ludlow Castle, 25.07g/12h (DH Middlesex 134) [2]. Some staining and spotting, otherwise very fine, but former with flan crack £60-£80
Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, Thomas Bevan, Simmons’ Halfpenny, barrel and bunches of grapes, rev. legend, edge plain, 8.54g/6h (DH 26). About extremely fine, rare; the best specimen seen by the cataloguer in commerce £200-£300
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
Angus, Dundee, James Wright Jr, Kempson’s Penny, 1798, bust of Admiral Lord Duncan almost full-facing, rev. Eve offering apple to Adam in the Garden of Eden, 23,000 inhabitants in dundee…be fruitful and multiply, edge plain, 19.18g/6h (DH 6). About extremely fine and bronzed with sharp rims, very rare £200-£260
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 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, 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, 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
Gloucestershire, Gloucester, Kempson’s City Pennies, 1797 (11), revs. Cathedral, 16.30g/6h (DH 1), High Cross, 16.44g/6h (DH 9), New County Gaol, 16.98g/6h (DH 10), St John’s Church, 16.94g/6h (DH 7), St Mary de Crypt Church, 17.00g/6h (DH 2), St Mary de Lode Church (3), no buttresses, 16.69g/6h (DH 3), with buttresses (2), 17.51g/6h, 16.21g/6h (both DH 4), St Michael’s Church, 16.06g/6h (DH 5), St Nicholas’ Church, 17.21g/6h (DH 6), White Friars, 16.91g/6h (DH 8) [11]. DH 3...
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