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Kinross-shire, Loch Leven, James Wright Jr, Kempson’s Penny, 1797, castle remains, trees in front and figure at side, rev. girl with skirt lifted above her knees, treading washing in a tub, flanked by thistle sprays, edge plain, 29.77g/6h (DH 1). Practically mint state with almost full original colour, most attractive, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £460
Kirkcudbrightshire, Gatehouse of Fleet, Thomas Scott & Co, Halfpenny, 1793, griffin, rev. warehouse, edge plain, 9.76g/6h (DH 1). Well-executed graffito on obverse, otherwise good fine £10-15
Hammer Price: £10
Lanarkshire, Anderston, W. McNeilage, Farthing, 2.59g/11h (DH 11); Calton, Henry Reid, Farthing, 2.44g/6h (DH 40) [2]. First very fine, second fine, both rare £40-60
Hammer Price: £30
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Archibald Anderson, Farthings (6), 2.12g/6h, 2.41g/6h (both DH 12/13; cf. DNW T6, lot 472, footnote), 2.26g/6h (DH 14), 2.05g/6h (DH 15), 2.41g/6h (DH 16), 2.94g/6h (DH 17) [6]. DH 13 and 16 very fine or better but both with metal flaws, second very rare, others generally fine, DH 17 exhibiting early die flaw on reverse; all the variants for the issuer £60-80
Hammer Price: £95
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, James Angus, Farthings, 1780 (4), tea shop, 3.18g/6h (DH 18), a shift (3), 4.01g/6h (DH 20), 3.73g/6h (DH 21), 3.28g/6h (DH 22) [4]. First good very fine but with flan clip, others generally fine or better, DH 21 very rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £75
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, William Bilton, Farthing, 2.43g/6h (DH 23); Cubie & Paterson, Farthing, 3.33g/12h (DH 24); Ralph Erskin & Co, Farthings, 1781 (2), 4.13g/12h (DH 25), 4.04g/12h (DH 26) [4]. DH 25 very fine, DH 24 about very fine, others fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £200
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Alexander Ewing, Farthings, 1799 (2), 5.16g/6h (DH 27), 4.63g/6h (DH 28); Thomas Finlayson, Farthings (2), 2.39g/5h (DH 29), 2.46g/6h (DH 30) [4]. DH 28 extremely fine and far superior to the illustration in DH, others all very fine and patinated £70-90
Hammer Price: £210
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Alexander Hamilton, Farthings, 1791 (6), 5.34g/6h (DH 31/32), 4.71g/6h (DH 33), 4.03g/6h (DH 34), 5.40g/6h (DH 35), 4.11g/6h (DH 36), 5.05g/6h (DH 37, this piece illustrated) [6]. DH 35 and 37 very fine or better and patinated, latter extremely rare, DH 33 about very fine, others mostly fair to fine, DH 36 very rare; an excellent group of the issuer £120-150
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, George Randolph, Farthing, 1799, 3.21g/5h (DH 39); E. Waterson & Co, Farthing, 2.98g/6h (DH 50); Retailers’ Farthings (6), 2.44g/11h (DH 42), 2.43g/7h (DH 43), 2.27g/1h (DH 44), 2.24g/12h (DH 46), 2.52g/6h (DH 47), 2.43g/12h (DH 48) [8]. DH 43 about extremely fine and patinated, very rare, DH 47 very fine but lacquered, others in varied state £60-80
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, Boulton’s Halfpence, 1791 (3), shearer edges, 12.04g/6h (DH 2, gilt), 13.03g/6h (DH 2, bronzed), 13.66g/6h (DH 2a) [3]. Second and third about extremely fine, first very fine and with some wear to gilding £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, imitation Halfpence, 1791 (13), no signature (6), cambridge edge, 9.98g/6h (DH 3a), edinburgh edge, 9.13g/12h (DH 3), london edges (2), 7.54g/12h (DH 3b), 9.00g/6h (DH 3c), edge grained, 10.57g/6h (DH 3d), edge plain, 9.19g/12h (DH 3e); with fa signature (3), lancaster edge, 9.20g/6h (DH 4), edges plain (2), 10.79g/6h (DH 4f, large flan), 9.15g/6h (DH 4f, small flan); ornament under date (4), lancaster edges (2), 11.33g/6h (DH 5), 9.92g/6h (DH 5c),...
Hammer Price: £160
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (8), arms (4), revs. Britannia seated (3), molison edge, 11.01g/6h (DH 6), edge grained, 9.68g/6h (DH 6a), edge plain, 7.52g/6h (DH 6b), bust of John Howard, edge grained, 6.98g/6h (DH 7a); river-god (4), revs. ship (2), both edges plain, 11.13g/6h (DH 8), 8.31g/6h (DH 8a), Britannia seated (2), current every where edge, 8.32g/6h (DH 9a), london edge, 10.25g/6h (DH 9, large flan) [8]. DH 8a extremely fine but surfaces artificially treated, DH...
Hammer Price: £110
Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Brock & Ferguson, Farthing, 2.68g/6h (DH 53); Rutherglen, William Miller, Farthing, 2.62g/12h (DH 52), issuer uncertain, Farthing, 2.47g/8h (DH 51) [3]. DH 53 fine, DH 52 about fine, DH 51 mediocre, all rare £40-60
Hammer Price: £45
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Anderson, Leslie & Co, Halfpence, 1797 (2), reads terra, 11.24g/6h (DH 7), reads terræ, 10.80g/6h (DH 8); Joseph Archibald, Halfpence (5), undated (2), edge grained, 7.48g/6h (DH 9), edge plain, 8.95g/6h (DH 9a), 1796 (3), rosace in legend (2), edge grained, 8.06g/12h (DH 10), edge plain, 8.19g/12h (DH 10a), star in legend, archibald edge, 9.29g/5h (DH 12) [7]. DH 8 virtually as struck and bronzed, DH 7 extremely fine, DH 10a and 12 fine, latter lacquered,...
Hammer Price: £260
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, W. Begg, lead Farthing, 1813, legend, rev. value, edge plain, 6.78g/12h (DH p.447, 149). Fine, extremely rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £130
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, E. Campbell, Halfpence (6), 1795, edge plain, 10.60g/6h (DH 13b), 1796 (5), signed james (4), spence edge, 9.86g/6h (DH 14), edge plain, 8.16g/12h (DH 14a), edges grained (2), 7.15g/5h (DH 15), 9.55g/12h (DH 17), unsigned, 9.18g/12h (DH 16); Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, Highlander, rev. snuff jar, 12.59g/6h (DH 18) [7]. DH 15 very fine but lacquered, rare, DH 17 fair, others about extremely fine and better with original colour £200-300
Hammer Price: £440
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Alexander Cornwell, Halfpenny, 1795, edge plain, 7.88g/6h (DH Dublin 307), Farthings, 1796 (2), 3.19g/12h (DH 69), 3.84g/6h (DH 70); George Cotton, Farthing, 2.90g/6h (DH 74); Dickson & McDougal, Farthing, 2.44g/6h (DH 76); Frederick Doig, Farthing, 3.57g/5h (DH 77); Alexander Galloway, Farthing, 2.49g/6h (DH 80); George Hair, Farthing, 3.59g/12h (DH 83) [8]. DH 80 in excavated state, DH 83 and Dublin 307 fine, latter lacquered, others very fine or better, DH...
Hammer Price: £170
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, John Crerar, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.77g/5h (BWS 7080; DH 75). Very fine and extremely rare £100-150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, James Douglas, Farthing, 4.16g/5h (BWS 7090; DH 78); James Forbes, Farthing, 2.67g/5h (BWS 7120; DH 79) [2]. First fair to fine, second about very fine, both very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, James Glass, Farthings (2), 15 blair street, 2.23g/6h (DH 81), 8 hunter square, 2.51g/5h (BWS 7130; DH 82) [2]. Fine, both very rare £100-150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Henry Harrison, Halfpence, 1796 (3), ns retrograde, 10.74g/12h (DH 19), ns correctly formed (2), 9.38g/12h (DH 20), 9.39g/12h (DH 21), Farthings (4), with hh (3), 4.13g/12h (DH 84), 3.16g/12h (DH 84 bis), 4.02g/12h (DH 85), without hh, 3.26g/12h (DH 86) [7]. First three extremely fine, DH 20 and 21 with original colour, latter extremely rare, others very fine and better; an excellent group of the issuer, including all variants £200-250
Hammer Price: £370
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Robert Havens, Farthing, 2.06g/5h (DH 87); A. Hendrie, Farthing, 3.14g/6h (DH 89); J. Hogg, Farthing, 2.62g/4h (DH 90); John Hunter, Farthing, 2.14g/4h (DH 91) [4]. DH 87 about fine, DH 89 about extremely fine, others very fine but DH 91 lacquered £80-100
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Halfpence, 1790 (8), 12.59g/12h (DH 23), 12.46g/12h (DH 24), 12.73g/12h (DH 25), 12.14g/12h (DH 26), 12.08g/12h (DH 27), 11.70g/12h (DH 28), 12.68g/12h (DH 29), 12.42g/12h (DH 30) [8]. DH 23, 25 and 28 extremely fine, last with full original colour, DH 24, 27 and 29 very fine or better, others in varied state; all the die varieties for the date £120-150
Hammer Price: £300
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Halfpence (11), 1791 (7), 12.14g/12h (DH 31), 12.27g/12h (DH 32), 12.53g/6h (DH 33), 12.76g/6h (DH 34), 12.78g/12h (DH 35), 12.59g/12h (DH 36), 12.24g/12h (DH 37), 1792 (4), 12.23g/6h (DH 41), 12.29g/6h (DH 42), 12.61g/6h (DH 44), 12.43g/6h (DH 45) [11]. DH 34, 36, 44 and 45 extremely fine, all except last with original colour, DH 41 good very fine and scarce, others in varied state £150-200
Hammer Price: £330
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Proof Halfpenny, 1792, in silver, St Andrew with cross, rev. arms, edge payable at the warehouse of thos. & alexr. hutchison, 14.77g/6h (DH 45). Good fine, very rare £100-150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Halfpenny, 1792, similar, edge payable at the warehouse of thos. & alexr. hutchison, 12.57g/6h (DH 46). Brilliant mint state, full original colour £90-120
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Farthings, 1792 (3), edge grained, 3.82g/12h (DH 66), edge plain (2), in collar, 5.06g/12h (DH 66b), not in collar, 5.63g/6h (DH 66c) [3]. About extremely fine and better, second bronzed, last with original colour and rare £80-100
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, imitation Halfpence (16), 1791 (7), current every where edge, 10.60g/12h (DH 40, edge unlisted), edinburgh edges (3), 10.41g/6h (DH 38), 9.51g/6h (DH 39), 11.25g/6h (DH 40), hull edge, 10.25g/12h (DH 40a), london edge, 10.57g/12h (DH 40b), edge plain, 9.30g/7h (DH 39a), 1792 (2), clacke edge, 13.04g/6h (DH 48), edge grained, 9.48g/6h (DH 48a), 1796, unaltered date, clacke edge, 9.96g/6h (DH 49); 1796, date altered to 1792 (6),...
Hammer Price: £450
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, William Johnstone, Farthing, 2.53g/6h (DH 92); Kirkwood, Farthing, 3.34g/6h (DH 94) [2]. DH 92 about extremely fine, obverse with considerable original colour, DH 94 fine, both rare £40-60
Hammer Price: £70
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, James Lewis, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.96g/4h (BWS 7170; DH 95). About very fine, very rare £60-80
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Charles Macarra, Farthing, 2.38g/6h (DH 96); Malcolm McFarlan, Farthing, 2.25g/6h (DH 97); McFarlane, Farthing, 2.43g/5h (DH 141); R. McLaren, Farthing, 2.90g/6h (DH 98) [4]. First very fine with black patina, second mediocre, third about very fine but obverse off-centre, extremely rare, last good fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, McQueen & Steele, Farthing, legends both sides, edge plain, 3.99g/6h (DH 99). About extremely fine, attractive brown patina, very rare £70-90
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Mason, brass Farthings (2), 3.68g/12h (DH 143), 3.71g/12h (DH 142); George Meikle, Farthing, 2.08g/6h (DH 100); Andrew Melrose, Farthings (2), 83 south bridge, 2.60g/5h (DH 103), south bridge…canongate, 4.21g/4h (DH 102); John Milne, Farthing, 2.17g/6h (DH 104); James Mitchell, Farthing, 2.30g/6h (DH 105) [7]. Generally about very fine and better but remains of paper label adhering to DH 143, first two and DH 103 very rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £270
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Colin Moncrieff, Farthing, 2.43g/6h (DH 106); David Morton, Farthing, 3.09g/6h (DH 108); D. Nicholson, Farthing, 3.81g/5h (DH 109); Robert Nimmo, Farthing, 2.48g/6h (DH 110); A. & J. Paterson, Farthing, 2.83g/6h (DH 112a) [5]. DH 112a about extremely fine, others mostly fine, some rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £80
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, John Pollands, Farthing, 2.35g/12h (BWS 7230; DH 114); Reith, Farthing, 2.71g/6h (DH 115); J. Reynolds, Farthing, 2.78g/6h (DH 116, overstruck on a French Cayenne 2 Sous [1774-93]); Alexander Robb, Farthing, 2.25g/6h (DH 117); Thomas Rodgers, Farthing, 2.78g/6h (DH 118); Alexander Russell, Farthings (2), 2.80g/5h (DH 119), 2.46g/6h (DH 119 bis) [7]. DH 116 and 119 extremely fine with dark chocolate patina, DH 118 very fine and rare, others generally fine...
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Robert Sanderson & Co, brass Halfpenny, crowned rose and thistle, rev. sells all kinds, etc, edge plain, 5.70g/12h (DH 53). Good fine and spotted, very rare £120-150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Robert Sanderson & Co, brass Halfpenny, eagle preying on snake, rev. from the same die as previous, edge plain, 6.25g/12h (DH 54). Practically mint state and retaining much original mint bloom, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £650
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Robert Sanderson & Co, brass Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. similar, reads sell, edge plain, 6.34g/12h (DH 55). About very fine, very rare £100-150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Scuogall & Drysdale, Farthing, 2.75g/1h (DH 121); David Sinclair, Farthing, 2.40g/6h (DH 122); John Steele, Farthing, 3.10g/6h (DH 123); Steuart, Farthing, 2.58g/6h (DH 124); D. Swanston, Farthing, 2.94g/12h (DH 125); Robert Thallon, Farthings (2), 2.36g/7h (DH 126), 2.89g/6h (DH 127) [7]. DH 125 good fine and very rare, others about very fine and better but DH 127 lacquered £150-200
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Shaw, lead Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 5.72g/12h (DH p.450, 187). Fine for issue, extremely rare £60-80
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