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Essex, Wanstead, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, frontal elevation of Wanstead House, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.32g/12h (DH 2 and Middlesex 124). Some light surface marks, otherwise extremely fine with almost full original colour £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
Essex, Woodford, William Brooks, Denton’s Halfpenny, 1796, wheatsheaf and sickle, rev. compasses, wheel, saw and axe, edge plain, 9.62g/7h (DH 39). Extremely fine, original colour on obverse, diffused on reverse, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £320
Essex, Woodford, William Brooks, Denton’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, compasses, wheel, saw and axe, rev. Prince of Wales’ feathers, edge plain, 9.00g/6h (DH 40). About extremely fine and patinated, rare £120-£150
Gloucestershire, Badminton, David Arnot and John Jelly, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.17g/6h (DH 22); Kempson’s mule Halfpence (4), bust of George III (3), revs. legend, 9.63g/6h (DH 24), plough, 9.25g/12h (DH 26), wheatsheaf, 9.82g/6h (DH 27), wheatsheaf, rev. scales 1795-96, 9.46g/6h (DH 47) [5]. DH 26 about very fine, others good very fine and better £80-£100
Hammer Price: £200
Gloucestershire, Badminton, Kempson’s mule Halfpence (4), ship, rev. scales 1795-96, 9.29g/6h (DH 36); plough, rev. scales, 9.73g/6h (DH 41); wheatsheaf, rev. scales 1795-96, 10.04g/6h (DH 47); scales 1795-96, rev. legend, 10.01g/12h (DH 54) [4]. About extremely fine £90-£120
Gloucestershire, Brimscombe Port, Thames and Severn Canal Co, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.11g/6h (DH 60); Bristol, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, arms of Bristol, rev. shield and military trophies, 11.04g/12h (DH Somerset 92) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine, brown patina £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
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...
Hammer Price: £460
Hampshire, Basingstoke, John Pinkerton, Mynd’s Shilling, 1789 [7 over 8], 13.96g/6h (DH 1); Emsworth, John Stride, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.58g/6h (DH 10), Kempson’s mule Halfpence (2), 9.28g/6h (DH 12c), 11.60g/6h (DH 27), Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, bust of Earl Howe, rev. anchor and cable, 9.71g/6h (DH 35) [5]. DH 1 good fine, DH 12c good very fine, others extremely fine with original colour £120-£150
Hammer Price: £240
Hampshire, Carisbrooke (Isle of Wight), Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, view of Carisbrook Castle, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.61g/12h (DH Middlesex 148). High points of obverse weak, otherwise extremely fine, original colour, very rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £360
Hampshire, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, view of Cowes Castle, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.56g/6h (DH Middlesex 150). Extremely fine, patinated £100-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Hampshire, Gosport, Thomas Wood, Jacobs’ Penny, 1798, flags and drum, rev. t. wood salesman, etc, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.99g/12h (DH 2). Usual light die cracks, extremely fine and patinated, rare £150-£200
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Hampshire, Gosport, Thomas Wood, Jacobs’ Penny, 1798, from the same dies as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 25.92g/12h (DH 2). Usual light die cracks, some small surface metal flaws on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £120
Hampshire, Gosport, Thomas Wood, Jacobs’ Penny, 1798, 25.97g/12h (DH 2); Portsea, Westwood’s Farthings, 1791 (2), 6.18g/12h, 6.16g/12h (both DH 95) [3]. First fine, others good very fine and better £90-£120
Hammer Price: £110
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
Hammer Price: £750
Hampshire, Netley, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, ruins of Netley Abbey, rev. Thomas Gorton’s cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 25.96g/12h (DH 4). Extremely fine and attractively patinated with a hint of original colour, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £340
Hampshire, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Boulton’s Halfpence, 1791 (2), 11.33g/6h, 11.27g/6h (both DH 89, latter a bronzed Proof); Westwood’s Farthings, 1790 (2), 5.83g/6h, 5.73g/6h (both DH 96) [4]. First very fine, others about extremely fine and better, Proof with sharp rims £100-£150
Hampshire, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1790, bust of Sir Bevois left, rev. arms, edge engrailed, 9.24g/6h (DH 86b). Usual obverse die flaw, extremely fine wirth original colour, very rare £100-£150
Hampshire, Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Westwood’s Halfpenny, 1790, bust of Sir Bevois in helmet left, rev. arms, edge payable at the office of w taylor r v moody and co, 13.17g/6h (DH 85). Virtually as struck and attractively patinated, very rare £100-£150
Hampshire, County series, Naval Farthings (3), bust of Earl Howe, rev. naval crown, 3.87g/6h (DH 106); bust of Admiral Macbride (2), revs. naval crown, 3.72g/7h (DH 112), anchor and cable, 4.01g/6h (DH 113) [3]. Extremely fine, original colour £90-£120
Hammer Price: £160
Herefordshire, Hereford, Robert Biddulph, Milton’s Penny, 1796, bull breaking its chains, election date above, rev. apple-tree and long-handled plough within wreath, edge plain, 18.54g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2012, p.165, b; DH 2). Very fine £60-£80
Hertfordshire, Bishop’s Stortford, Sir George Jackson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.67g/6h (DH 4, bronzed); Sawbridgeworth, Robert Orchard, Halfpenny, 12.01g/3h (DH 3); together with a modern electrotype copy of the Longman/Jan/Noble/Bobbe Orchard Penny, 1801, 34.33g/12h [3]. First about extremely fine, others good fine and better £80-£100
Kent, Brookland, Thomas King, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.71g/6h (DH 5); Deal, Richard Long, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.24g/6h (DH 11); Dover, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1795, 9.20g/12h (DH 19); Godington, John Toke II, brass hop tokens, 1767 (2), 6.67g/6h, 6.26g/6h (both Henderson 536; DH 22); Hawkhurst, Charles Hider, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.31g/6h (DH 30); Maidstone, Henry Oliver, Halfpenny, 1795, erased edge, 8.84g/6h (DH 36b), James Smyth, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.72g/6h (DH 37) [8]. DH 5 and 11 extremely fine, DH...
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
Lancashire, Lancaster, Daniel Eccleston, Halfpenny, 1794, 12.62g/6h (DH 57), Abraham Seward, Penny, 1794, 20.74g/12h (DH 2, gilt), Thomas Worswick & Sons, imitation Halfpenny, 1794, 8.76g/6h (DH 44a), Westwood’s Farthing, 1791, 5.27g/6h (DH 151); Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, imitation Halfpenny, 1794, 9.54g/6h (DH 108d), Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 9.79g/6h (DH 114); Rochdale, John Kershaw, Kempson’s mule Halfpenny, 8.69g/6h (DH 149), Westwood’s Farthing, 1792, 5.19g/12h (DH 157) [8]. DH...
Hammer Price: £300
Lincolnshire, Lincoln, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.01g/12h (DH 1); Spalding [and Holbeach], Thomas Jennings, Halfpenny, 1794, 10.10g/12h (DH 5) [2]. About extremely fine, but second with area of discolouration on reverse £60-£80
London, Aldersgate Street, Michael and Harry Oppenheim, Halfpenny, 1797, frontal elevation of St Paul’s Cathedral, rev. weaver in loom, edge payable at m & h oppenheims toy warehouse london, 10.23g/6h (DH 398). Fine, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
London, Bank, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, Bank of England, rev. arms between palm and oak branches, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.40g/7h (DH 81). Extremely fine, diffused original colour £100-£150
London, Barbican, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Ironmongers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.87g/12h (DH 103). Small spot on lower reverse, otherwise extremely fine, original colour £100-£150
London, Bishopsgate, John Clark and Samuel Harris, Halfpenny, 1795, bust of George Washington right, large buttons on coat, rev. stove, edge grained right, 8.58g/6h (DH 283a; Musante 49; Whitman 10955; Breen 1271). Surface marks and edge knocks, otherwise fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £85
London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Halfpenny, 1795, Britannia seated left, rev. arms of the City, edge corner of wormwood street bishopsgate, 10.69g/12h (DH 378). Extremely fine with considerable original colour, scarce £80-£100
Hammer Price: £190
London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Prattent’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous but in fractured state, rev. je & co cypher, edge plain, 9.20g/6h (DH 382). Extremely fine and almost as made, original colour, rare £100-£150
London, Bishopsgate, Schooling & Son, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.60g/6h (DH 474); Blackfriars, Barnett Guest, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.10g/6h (DH 308), James Spittle [with J. Kirby and Richard Lashmar of Brighton, Sussex], Halfpenny, 1795, 8.85g/6h (DH 902), issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 10.13g/12h (DH 257a); Bloomsbury, James Burton, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.63g/6h (DH 305); Chandos Street, William Allen, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.38g/6h (DH 246); Cheapside, John Ching, Halfpenny, 9.27g/6h (DH 282); Chiswell Street,...
London, Bishopsgate, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Leathersellers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.33g/5h (DH 105). Some spotting, otherwise virtually as struck, almost full original colour £150-£200
London, Bow Street, Charles James, Spence’s Halfpenny, 1796, lion couchant, holding shield, rev. tiger, edge spence dealer in coins london, 12.76g/8h (DH 344). Extremely fine with original colour and attractive glossy surfaces £150-£200
Hammer Price: £420
London, Bow Street, Charles James, Spence’s Halfpenny, 1796, from the same dies as previous, edge spence dealer in coins london, 11.29g/8h (DH 344). Corrosion spot on lion’s rump, otherwise about extremely fine £70-£90
London, Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, seated figure of Londinia, buildings behind, shield distant from legend, rev. hands supporting crowned triangle, edge plain, 12.79g/12h (DH 294c). Some staining on obverse and light rubbing to high points, otherwise about extremely fine, reverse attractively toned, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £140
London, Cheapside, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Haberdashers’ Hall, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.97g/11h (DH 102). Spot below second s of haberdashers, otherwise extremely fine, glossy patina £100-£150
London, Cheapside, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Saddlers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.29g/11h (DH 107). Die flaw on obverse and striation marks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, patinated £80-£100
London, City Road, John Bebbington, Halfpenny, 9.05g/12h (DH 254), Thomas Hall, Lutwyche’s Pennies, 1795 (2), deformed dwarf, 17.67g/6h, 17.02g/6h (both DH 26); Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpence, 1795 (3), 10.68g/12h, 10.65g/6h (both DH 467), 11.33g/6h (DH 471); Coventry Street, Joshua Henderson, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.94g/6h (DH 292); Drury Lane, John Kilvington, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.33g/6h (DH 346) [8]. Last two extremely fine with much original colour, one DH 26 fine, others very...
Hammer Price: £260
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