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Central 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, 10.38g/6h (DH 398). Good very fine and patinated, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £250
Central London, Bishopsgate, John Clark and Samuel Harris, Halfpenny, 1795, bust of George Washington right, large buttons on coat, rev. stove, edge grained right, 9.41g/6h (DH 283a; Baker 29; Durst 337). About very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £160
Central London, Bishopsgate, John Clark and Samuel Harris, Halfpenny, 1795, bust of George Washington right, small buttons on coat, rev. from the same die as previous, edge grained right, 9.24g/6h (DH 284; Baker 29; Durst 338). Several surface and planchet marks, otherwise good very fine, dark patina £250-300
Hammer Price: £310
Central London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Halfpenny, 1795, Britannia seated left, crosses in legend, point of spear to o of son, rev. arms of the City, edge plain, 10.79g/12h (DH 377a). Characteristic weak rims, otherwise extremely fine and as made with a little original colour, very rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £190
Central London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Halfpence, 1795 (3), all with point of spear between son and london, wormwood street edge (2), raised letters, 10.70g/12h (DH 378), incuse letters, 10.48g/12h (DH 378, type of edge not listed), edge plain, 10.24g/12h (DH 378a); Schooling & Son, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.43g/6h (DH 474) [4]. Last extremely fine with original colour, DH 378a fair and pitted but very rare, others about very fine and better £40-50
Hammer Price: £95
Central London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Prattent’s mule Halfpence (2), Britannia seated, from the broken obv. die, revs. wheatsheaf, 9.29g/6h (DH 380), arms of Robert Orchard, 8.95g/6h (DH 381) [2]. First virtually as struck with original colour and most attractive surfaces, second about extremely fine, both rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £330
Central London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Prattent’s mule Halfpence (3), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. je & co cypher, 8.87g/6h (DH 382), wheatsheaf and doves, 9.18g/6h (DH 383), anchor and cap of Liberty, 9.20g/6h (DH 384) [3]. DH 382 very fine, others about extremely fine and better, but DH 383 lacquered and collectors’ number ‘1050’ inked on reverse £150-200
Hammer Price: £320
Central London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Prattent’s mule Halfpence (2), arms of the City, revs. wheatsheaf, 9.32g/6h (DH 385), crowned arms of the City, 10.58g/6h (DH 387) [2]. Extremely fine, second with a little original colour, both rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £170
Central London, Bishopsgate, Meymott & Son, Prattent’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. anchor and cap of Liberty, edge plain, 9.05g/6h (DH 388). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour and attractive surfaces, extremely rare £120-150.
Hammer Price: £300
Central London, Blackfriars, Barnett Guest, Halfpence, 1795 (6), london edge, 9.43g/6h (DH 308), bath edge, 9.16g/6h (DH 308a), dublin edge, 9.37g/6h (DH 308b), ballymurtagh edge, 8.41g/6h (DH 308c), lancaster edge, 9.22g/6h (DH 308d), edge grained, 9.20g/6h (DH 308e); James Spittle [with J. Kirby and Richard Lashmar of Brighton, Sussex], Halfpence, 1795 (2), without st pauls, 10.11g/6h (DH 902), with st pauls, 10.34g/6h (DH 903); issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, edge plain, 10.16g/12h (DH 257a)...
Hammer Price: £280
Central London, Bloomsbury, James Burton, Halfpence, 1795 (2), stop at end of legend, 7.27g/6h (DH 304), flaw at end of legend, edge grained, 7.84g/6h (DH 305) [2]. Extremely fine, first very rare £80-100
Central London, Bow Street, Charles James, Penny, lion couchant, holding shield, rev. royal penny, sun, crown and oak-sprig, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.39g/12h (DH 31). Usual light die cracks on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine and very rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £370
Central London, Bow Street, Charles James, Penny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. vulture standing left, medals dies crests coats of arms uniforms &c, edge plain, struck on a flan with milled rims, 17.63g/6h (DH 32E). Trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine with most attractive patina, a handsome piece and extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,500
Central London, Bow Street, Charles James, Spence’s Halfpenny, 1796, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. tiger, edge spence dealer in coins london, 11.83g/8h (DH 344). Even overall wear, good fine to about very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £80
Central London, Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpence, 1795 (3), shield distant from legend, edge engrailed, 14.18g/12h (DH 294b), shield close to legend (2), davidsons edge, 10.92g/6h (DH 295), edge plain, 10.84g/6h (DH 295a); mule Halfpence (2), revs. bust of Prince of Wales, edge grained, 9.64g/6h (DH 296), edge plain, 9.12g/6h (DH 296a) [5]. DH 294b fair to fine but very rare, DH 296 extremely fine with original colour, others very fine and better, last very rare £60-80
Central 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 but privately engraved (Robert Davidson 11 Octr. 1802), 13.51g/12h (DH 294c). Very fine and very rare, interesting by association £120-150
Hammer Price: £130
Central London, Chandos Street, William Allen, Halfpence, 1795 (3), chandos street edge, 9.22g/6h (DH 246), london edge, 9.28g/6h (DH 246a), edge grained, 7.69g/6h (DH 246b); Charing Cross, Salter & Co, Halfpenny, 10.17g/6h (DH 473); Cheapside, John Ching, Halfpence (2), edge grained, 9.67g/6h (DH 282), edge plain, 9.43g/6h (DH 282a; Storer 7695); Chiswell Street, Robert Heslop, Halfpenny, edge plain, 8.19g/5h (DH 336b) [7]. DH 246a and 282a practically as struck with virtually full original...
Hammer Price: £340
Central London, City Road, John Bebbington, Halfpenny, 9.13g/12h (DH 254); Thomas Hall, Halfpence (9), 1795 (6), quadrupeds (2), citty road, 9.14g/6h (DH 313), city road, 9.47g/12h (DH 314); deformed dwarf (3), citty road, 9.17g/12h (DH 316), city road (2), edge grained left, 11.27g/6h (DH 315), edge plain, 9.29g/6h (DH 315c); negress, edge plain, small thick flan, 11.52g/12h (DH 317); undated (3), all large toucan, dublin edge, 9.39g/6h (DH 319a), lancaster edge, 9.22g/6h (DH 319b), edge...
Hammer Price: £440
Central London, City Road, Thomas Hall, Lutwyche’s Pennies, 1795 (6), obvs. quadrupeds, lutwyche edge, 16.19g/3h (DH 25); deformed dwarf (2), lutwyche edge, 17.27g/6h (DH 26), we promise edge, 19.66g/12h (DH 26a); negress (3), lutwyche edge, 17.40g/6h (DH 27), we promise edge, 19.92g/12h (DH 28); edge plain, 20.84g/6h (DH 28a) [6]. DH 26 about very fine, others good very fine and better but DH 26a heavily surface-marked and DH 28 with planchet cutter line both sides £120-150
Hammer Price: £410
Central London, City Road, Thomas Hall, Halfpenny, small toucan standing left, head turned back, rev. the 1st artist in europe, etc, edge payable at london, 9.13g/12h (DH 318). Usual flaw through observers, extremely fine with attractive glossy surfaces, extremely rare, very few specimens known £400-600
Hammer Price: £580
Central London, Clerkenwell, Thomas Gorton, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, fender and fire-irons, rev. tg cypher, 26.15g/6h (DH 16). Usual rim flaws, extremely fine, a hint of original colour £80-100
Central London, Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, Halfpence, 1795 (5), Figure of Fortune type (4), large rev. letters, edge plain, 10.92g/6h (DH 467; Stainton 37), hearts of his people edge, 10.79g/6h (DH 467a), smaller rev. letters, edge plain, 11.23g/6h (DH 468), large date, 9.54g/12h (DH 469); Bluecoat boy type, 10.52g/6h (DH 471; Stainton 38); Covent Garden, Thomas Dodd, Halfpenny, 12.68g/6h (DH 300, thick flan); Coventry Street, J. Henderson, Halfpence, 1795 (2), small period after...
Hammer Price: £360
Central London, Covent Garden, Charles Presbury & Co, Halfpenny, bust of Elizabeth I in high ruff almost facing, rev. legend, edge payable in london, 10.16g/6h (DH 464). Usual die flaws and traces of alterations in the reverse die, otherwise extremely fine with original colour and attractive reflective surfaces, very rare £150-200
Central London, Fetter Lane, John Milton, Penny, 1800, in white metal, female personifying Science seated on globe bearing zodiacal sign, rev. Bellerophon holding Pegasus, figure crawling up rock face in background, edge plain, 15.88g/12h (DH 36; Stainton 43). From the usual flawed and uncompleted reverse die, rust marks both sides, otherwise completely free from tin pest, about extremely fine and virtually as struck, extremely rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,100
Central London, Finsbury Square, James Lackington & Co, Halfpence, 1794 (6), j over e (4), edge grained, 8.51g/6h (DH 351), asylum edge, 8.20g/6h (DH 351a), birmingham edge, 7.91g/6h (DH 351b), london edge, 8.27g/7h (DH 351c), j over l (2), lackington edge, 11.00g/6h (DH 352), anglesey edge, 9.30g/6h (DH 352a); Lackington, Allen & Co, Halfpence (9), 1794 (5), 1 of date under coat button (3), temple edge, 9.01g/6h (DH 353), lancaster edge, 9.54g/6h (DH 353a), beccles edge, 11.29g/6h (DH...
Central London, Goodman’s Fields, Thomas Jordan & Co, brass Threepence, 1760, bear chained left, rev. thomas jordan and co. three pence, edge plain, 12.95g/12h (DH 3). Usual piercing, reverse die with flaws, otherwise fine, extremely rare; considerably superior to the Noble specimen £400-500
Hammer Price: £750
Central London, Great Portland Street, Joseph Moore, Halfpence, 1795 (2), edge coarsely grained, 10.93g/12h (DH 389), edge finely grained, 10.10g/12h (DH 389a); Haymarket, Francis Shackelton, Halfpence, 1794 (3), all reading london, unicorn’s tail to l, 9.21g/12h (DH 476), unicorn’s tail to o (2), suffolk-street edge, 9.00g/12h (DH 477), dublin edge, 8.98g/12h (DH 477a); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpence, 1795 (2), toe of slipper above t, edge grained, 7.96g/12h (DH 275), toe of...
Hammer Price: £140
Central London, High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, St George on horseback slaying dragon, small boar above, rev. mail & post coaches to all parts of england in wreath, edge payable at the george & blue boar london, 10.83g/6h (DH 339). Obverse die with the usual light rust marks between 12 and 1 o’clock, a few surface marks both sides, particularly behind horseman, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, extremely rare; very few specimens struck £300-400
Hammer Price: £290
Central London, High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. cypher rw on a shield hanging from a tree, edge plain, 10.84g/6h (DH 340). Good fine and patinated, extremely rare £100-150
Central London, High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, large boar, george & blue boar edge, 9.72g/6h (DH 342, bronzed); imitation Halfpence by W.J. Taylor, c. 1870 (3), all with small boar, in copper, 9.81g/6h, in brass, 10.42g/6h, in white metal, 8.07g/12h (all DH 343) [4]. First with minor scuffing in field, otherwise extremely fine, others about extremely fine and better £150-200
Central London, High Holborn, John Skidmore, Halfpenny, 1795, edge grained, 10.03g/6h (DH 480), Farthings (2), 1795, edge grained, 3.75g/12h (DH 1074), undated, rev. man hanging from gallows, edge grained, 4.09g/12h (DH 1075) [3]. Extremely fine, first two with much original colour, last attractively patinated with glossy bronzed surfaces, rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £520
Central London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, register stove, rev. wavy star, edge grained, 9.31g/11h (DH 482a). Virtually as struck, obverse with much original colour, extremely rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £1,300
Central London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. anchor and cable, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.56g/6h (DH 483). Extremely fine with original colour, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £220
Central London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. bust of William Hallan left, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.59g/6h (DH 484). Virtually as struck with most attractive brown patina, very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £270
Central London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same dies as previous, edge grained over skidmore holborn london, 12.36g/6h (DH 484a). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £180
Central London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. bust left, payable at salisbury, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.45g/1h (DH 486). Virtually as struck with considerable original colour and reflective surfaces, extremely rare £250-300
Central London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. view of a street, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.88g/6h (DH 489). About extremely fine, a little original colour but also some light spotting, extremely rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £150
Central London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right, edge grained, 10.01g/12h (DH 491). Extremely fine with much original colour, extremely rare £150-200
Central London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette right dividing date, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.63g/6h (DH 492). Minor spotting, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £100-150
Central London, High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 9.44g/6h (DH 492b). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare £100-150
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