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Bedfordshire, Flitwick, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, church, rev. ps co cypher, edge plain, 11.34g/12h (DH 1 and Middlesex 537). About extremely fine £15-£25
Hammer Price: £70
Berkshire, Windsor, Spence’s Halfpenny, 1795, stag under tree, rev. legend, crown above and sprig below, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.82g/7h (DH 1a). Usual die flaws in advanced stage, about extremely fine with a little original colour, rare £180-£220
Hammer Price: £320
Buckinghamshire, Amersham, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, musical instruments, rev. a speedy and lasting peace within wreath of oak and palm, edge engrailed, 9.29g/7h (DH 2a). Light spotting on obverse, otherwise extremely fine, reverse with reflective patina £80-£100
Hammer Price: £220
Buckinghamshire, Amersham, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, 9.31g/7h (DH 2a); Aylesbury, Francis Wheeler, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.12g/1h (DH 3), Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 1796, 8.39g/6h (DH 7); Chesham, Adam Simpson, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.83g/6h (DH 20); NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Northampton, ‘George Jobson’, Morgan’s Halfpenny, 1794, 9.01g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2011, pp. 253-9; DH 1) [5]. Fine and better, but DH 2a with verdigris £70-£90
Hammer Price: £120
Buckinghamshire, Slough, John Peckham, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.95g/12h (DH 27); William Till, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.91g/6h (DH 22) [2]. First extremely fine, second nearly so £100-£150
Buckinghamshire, Slough, John Peckham, Halfpenny, 1795, arms of the Peckham family, rev. phoenix, edge plain, 12.05g/12h (DH 28). Virtually as struck, patinated, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £130
Buckinghamshire, Slough, William Till, Halfpenny, 1794, lion rampant to left, rev. view of the Red Lion inn, edge plain, 12.13g/12h (DH 24). Virtually as struck £90-£120
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, James Burleigh, Penny, 1799, 22.18g/12h (DH 9a); David Hood, Milton’s Halfpence (2), 10.01g/6h (DH 19a), 13.88g/6h (DH 19b) [3]. First fine and edge knocked but very rare, others about extremely fine and better, last with attractive patina £100-£150
Hammer Price: £190
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, Christ’s College Gate, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.78g/12h (DH 2 and Middlesex 115). Spot on right-side tower, otherwise extremely fine, diffused original colour £120-£150
Hammer Price: £240
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Skidmore's Globe series, Penny, 1797, Emanuel College Chapel, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 19.53g/12h (DH 3 and Middlesex 116). Good very fine, obverse better £60-£80
Hammer Price: £85
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, King’s College Chapel, rev. from the same die as previous, edge, i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.34g/12h (DH 4 and Middlesex 117). Extremely fine, obverse attractive with reflective fields, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £380
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, Trinity College Gate, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.49g/12h (DH 5 and Middlesex 119). Some spotting and usual weaknesses, otherwise about extremely fine, obverse with a little original colour £80-£100
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, 1797, Queen’s College Gate, rev. portcullis and scales in wreath, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 19.22g/6h (DH Middlesex 171). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £180-£220
Hammer Price: £300
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, wheatsheaf, rev. man gnawing bone, edge plain, 11.56g/6h (DH 21). About extremely fine, rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £280
Cambridgeshire, Chesterton, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, St Andrew’s church, part of the village in background, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.82g/6h (DH 10 and Middlesex 120). Extremely fine, diffused original colour £120-£150
Hammer Price: £260
Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, david hood, etc, rev. cap of Liberty above anchor, edge plain, 9.33g/6h (DH 29). Two spots on obverse, otherwise extremely fine, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Cambridgeshire, Newmarket, Wyon’s Penny, 1799, two racehorses passing winning post, rev. craven meeting, etc, edge plain, 23.15g/12h (DH 11; W 1547). No reverse die flaw, some surface marks and lightly lacquered in the past, otherwise extremely fine, original colour £600-£800
Hammer Price: £440
Cheshire, Beeston, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, castle and bridge, rev. sac cypher, edge engrailed, 9.54g/6h (DH 4). Extremely fine, a hint of original colour £150-£200
Cheshire, Beeston, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, from the same dies as previous, edge engrailed, 8.96g/6h (DH 4). Obverse struck slightly off-centre, rim knocks at 12 and 6 o’clock and cleaned in the past, otherwise good very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £65
Cheshire, Chester, Roe & Co, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 9.73g/6h (DH 5a), Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, Chester Castle, 26.10g/6h (DH 1 and Middlesex 121); Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Hancock’s Halfpence (2), 1790, 12.74g/6h (DH 27), 1791, 12.75g/6h (DH 57, no flaw in date), counterfeit Halfpence (2), undated, 9.13g/6h (DH 62), 1791, 9.95g/6h (DH 65a); mule Halfpenny, 1792, 10.22g/6h (DH 81) [7]. DH 5a and 65a extremely fine, DH 27 nearly so but with remains of collector’s number...
Hammer Price: £170
Cheshire, Chester, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, frontal elevation of East Gate, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.96g/12h (DH 2 and Middlesex 122). Extremely fine, much original reflective colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £340
Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Westwood’s Penny, 1790, in bronzed-copper, bust of Charles Roe right, rev. seated figure of Genius holding drill and cog-wheel, edge plain, 26.43g/6h (DH 3). Trifling spots in obverse field and a tiny rim nick by o of works, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, rare £300-£360
Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Westwood’s Farthings (2), 1789, 5.45g/12h (DH 82), 1790, 6.27g/12h (DH 84) [2]. Extremely fine, former on a large spread flan, latter with original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £150
Cheshire, Macclesfield, Roe & Co, Westwood’s Farthings (2), 1789, 5.35g/12h (DH 82), 1792, 6.29g/12h (DH 88) [2]. Extremely fine, former patinated, latter with original colour £90-£120
Cornwall, Truro, Cornish Metal Co, Halfpenny, 1791, 12.69g/6h (DH 2); DORSET, Poole, James Bayly, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.83g/6h (DH 6), Sherborne, Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Pretor, Westwood’s Halfpenny, 1796, 11.89g/6h (DH 8) [3]. DH 6 extremely fine with original colour, others very fine, DH 8 with spot on obverse £70-£90
Cumberland, Hensingham, Low Hall Colliery, Sir Wilfred Lawson, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1797, horse working a whin-gin, miner guiding basket, rev. legend in three lines, edge plain, 8.46g/12h (Farthing 7.50; DH 1). Extremely fine, obverse with original colour £200-£260
Hammer Price: £460
Cumberland, County series, James’ Lake Farthing, 1796, lakeland scene, rev. fence dividing two trees, edge plain, 9.75g/6h (Farthing 5.2b; DH 2a). Surface metal flaw on reverse, otherwise very fine, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
Derbyshire, Buxton, William Hay, Thomas Tomlinson and William Orme, Halfpenny, 1796, arms of the Duke of Devonshire, rev. crescent, edge buxton token and engrailed, 11.28g/6h (DH 3). Extremely fine, original colour £100-£150
Devon, Puddington, William Waller, Halfpenny, 1797, bust right, from the finished die with reworked hair and eye inserted, rev. ship sailing right, edge plain, 8.36g/6h (DH Bedfordshire 5; Dickinson, TCSB September 2008, no.5, this piece). Good fine and patinated, very rare; only 9 specimens attested £240-£300
Dorset, Poole, Richard Allen, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, Prince of Wales’ feathers above an oval inscribed 75, rev. legend in six lines, edge engrailed, 9.00g/6h (DH 3). From the usual damaged reverse die, some light spotting, otherwise extremely fine with considerable original colour, rare £150-£200
Dorset, Poole, Richard Allen, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, from the same dies as previous, edge engrailed, 9.45g/6h (DH 3). From the usual damaged reverse die, about extremely fine, rare £100-£150
Dorset, Poole, Richard Allen, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, from the same dies as previous, edge engrailed, 9.39g/6h (DH 3). From the usual damaged reverse die, very fine, rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £75
Dorset, Sherborne, Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Pretor, Westwood’s Halfpenny, 1796, pw&p cypher, rev. double-headed eagle, edge plain, 11.20g/12h (DH 9). Extremely fine with considerable original colour £80-£100
Co Durham, Barnard Castle, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, view of castle ruins, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.16g/12h (DH 1 and Middlesex 123). About extremely fine, diffused original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £95
Co Durham, South Shields, Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, 10.76g/6h (DH 6); Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Prattent’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, rev. arms of Robert Orchard, 10.43g/6h (DH 11) [2]. First extremely fine, second about very fine £60-£80
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
Hammer Price: £750
Co Durham, Sunderland, Rowland Burdon, Prattent’s Halfpenny, 1796, bridge, rev. legend in five lines within wreath, edge plain, 7.85g/12h (DH 10). Extremely fine, rare £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
Hammer Price: £650
Essex, Dunmow, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 12.14g/6h (DH 11b); Spence’s mule Halfpence (2), Knyvet family arms, rev. ruins of St Paul’s Covent Garden,, 12.50g/6h (DH 15), flitch of bacon, rev. bust of David Garrick, 11.27g/5h (DH 22a) [3]. About very fine and better £60-£80
Essex, Epping, Spence’s Shilling, 1796, stag right, rev. star and Garter, edge plain, 12.72g/6h (DH 1b). Extremely fine and patinated, rare £200-£260
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