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Co Dublin, Dublin, Robert Batrip, Penny, 1657, 3.75g/3h (BW. 272), Nic[holas] Delone, Penny, 0.94g/12h (N 6267; BW. 555), Lewis Desmenieres, Penny, 0.66g/6h (N 6229, this piece; BW. 309), William Stoks, Penny, 1671, 2.96g/12h (BW. 395), Richard Warren, Penny, 1667, 1.12g/12h (N 6273, this piece; BW. 410), Warnar Westenra, Farthing, 1655, 16mm, 1.12g/6h (BW. 412); Co Limerick, Limerick, Butchers’ Halfpenny, 1679, 2.70g/12h (N 6309 obv., rev. differs; BW. 565); Co Louth, Drogheda, Edward...
Hammer Price: £220
Cambridge, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, Trinity College Gate, rev. globe, edge lettered, 19.14g/12h (DH 5 and Middlesex 119). Brilliant and practically as struck with full original colour (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £190
Chesterton, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, St Andrew’s church, part of the village in background, rev. similar, edge lettered, 23.86g/6h (DH 10 and Middlesex 120). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour and on a full-weight flan, attractive (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £180
Chester, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, 1797, frontal elevation of East Gate, rev. globe, edge lettered, 26.05g/6h (DH 2 and Middlesex 122). Extremely fine, dusty patina (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £60
Buxton, William Hay, Thomas Tomlinson and William Orme, Halfpenny, 1796, crescent, rev. arms of the Duke of Devonshire, edge buxton token, 11.07g/6h (DH 3). Extremely fine with much original colour and brilliant fields, rare (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £140
Buxton, William Hay, Thomas Tomlinson and William Orme, Halfpenny, 1796, from the same dies as previous, edge buxton token, 10.83g/6h (DH 3). Extremely fine with original colour, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £100
Plymouth, Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.54g/6h (DH 6); Middlesex, Long Acre, Basil Burchell, medalet, 6.16g/6h (DH 263), Skidmore’s Churches, Halfpenny, Alhallows, Thames Street, 13.14g/12h (DH 633), National series, Prince of Wales, Lutwyche’s Halfpenny, 8.71g/6h (DH 960), Political and Social series, Buck Society, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.24g/6h (DH 1041); Northamptonshire, Northampton, George Jobson, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.10g/12h (DH 1); Oxfordshire, Banbury, William...
Hammer Price: £270
Chelmsford, Clachar & Co, Halfpenny, 9.98g/6h (DH 5); Colchester, Charles Heath, Halfpence, 1794 (4), 10.79g/6h, 10.65g/6h, 8.83g/12h, 8.37g/12h (all DH 10) [5]. Very fine and better (£35-45)
Hammer Price: £55
Southampton, Taylor, Moody & Co, Boulton’s Proof Halfpence, 1791 (3), all taylor edges, 10.77g/12h, 10.73g/6h, 10.59g/6h (all DH 89) [3]. First two brilliant, last extremely fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £80
Lincoln, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1795, wheatsheaf, rev. arms, edge plain, 9.35g/6h (DH 1). Light spotting both sides, otherwise about extremely fine with a little original colour, rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £40
Blackfriars, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 9.88g/12h (DH 257a); Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.63g/6h (DH 295); Charing Cross, Salter & Co, Halfpenny, 10.14g/6h (DH 473); Chelsea, issuer uncertain, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.17g/5h (DH 277); Foundling Fields, James Burton, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.35g/6h (DH 305); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1795, 6.50g/12h (DH 275); Newgate Street, Daniel Eaton, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.99g/7h (DH 301), Symonds, Winterbotham, Ridgway &...
Hammer Price: £200
Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.89g/6h (DH 295); Charing Cross, Salter & Co, Halfpenny, 10.25g/6h (DH 473); Foundling Fields, James Burton, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.35g/6h (DH 305); High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, 9.90g/6h (DH 342, bronzed), John Skidmore, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.53g/6h (DH 480); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.89g/12h (DH 275) [6]. DH 305 about extremely fine, others better, first and last with much original colour, DH 342...
Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 11.01g/6h (DH 295); Foundling Fields, James Burton, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.26g/6h (DH 305); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.18g/12h (DH 275); Newgate Street, Daniel Eaton, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.64g/7h (DH 301), Symonds, Winterbotham, Ridgway & Holt, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 1795, 10.32g/6h (DH 396b); St Martin’s Lane, William Williams, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.14g/6h (DH 915); Strand, William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, 14.95g/6h (DH...
Hammer Price: £130
Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.62g/6h (DH 295); Foundling Fields, James Burton, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.12g/6h (DH 305); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.18g/12h (DH 275); Ludgate Hill, Henry Young, Penny, 1794, flawed obv. die, no date, 13.98g/5h (DH 39, note); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpence, 1795 (2), 7.76g/12h, 7.71g/12h (both DH 275); Strand, J. and S. Kelly, Halfpence (2), 9.30g/6h, 8.77g/6h (both DH 345); other miscellaneous tokens (4)...
Bucklersbury, Thomas and Robert Davidson, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.87g/6h (DH 295); High Holborn, Christopher Ibberson, Halfpenny, 9.96g/6h (DH 342, bronzed), John Skidmore, Halfpenny, 1795, 10.04g/6h (DH 480); Jermyn Street, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1795, 7.66g/12h (DH 275); St Martin’s Lane, William Williams, Halfpenny, 1795, 9.11g/6h (DH 915); Strand, William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, 14.23g/6h (DH 302), J. and S. Kelly, Halfpenny, 9.33g/6h (DH 345) [7]. Fourth extremely fine but die cracks...
Clerkenwell, Thomas Gorton, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, fender and fire-irons, rev. tg cypher, 26.47g/6h (DH 16). Extremely fine with attractive glossy patina (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £120
Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, uniface trials in lead of the obv. and rev. of the Halfpenny, 1795, 2.91g, 2.95g (cf. DH 467) [2]. Extremely fine and as made, unusual and very rare (£50-100)
Hammer Price: £230
High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), Free Born Briton, rev. knife, fork and plate chained to table, 12.46g/12h (DH 520); St Paul’s Covent Garden, rev. church ruins, 8.56g/6h (DH 522a) [2]. First about extremely fine with a little original colour, second good very fine (£80-100)
Ludgate Hill, Matthew Young, Milton’s Penny, 1798, Britannia seated, St Paul’s in background, rev. legend, edge lettered, 28.18g/12h (DH 41). Usual rim flaws both sides, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, rare (£140-180)
Hammer Price: £210
Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (4), all type 1, obvs. Guildhall, 25.50g/12h (DH 42), Mansion House, 21.98g/6h (DH 43), Somerset House (2), both edges plain, 25.67g/6h, 25.47g/6h (both DH 44a) [4]. First lightly cleaned, about extremely fine, others better, all lightly patinated (£70-90)
Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (5), type 1 (3), obvs. Mansion House, 21.54g/6h (DH 43), Somerset House (2), 25.28g/6h (DH 44a, copper), 25.29g/6h (DH 44a, copper-gilt); type 2 (2), obvs. St Paul’s Church Covent Garden, 22.05g/6h (DH 52), Montague House altered for the British Museum, 22.06g/6h (DH 62) [5]. Third very fine, others extremely fine, second with much original colour, others attractively patinated (£90-120)
Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (5), all type 2, obvs. Bank of England, 21.96g/6h (DH 46), St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 23.18g/6h (DH 47), Carleton House, 22.31g/6h (DH 49), St Paul’s Covent Garden, 25.17g/6h (DH 52), St James’s Palace, 22.13g/6h (DH 58) [5]. Last two extremely fine with much original colour, others about extremely fine, DH 47 with traces of an old collectors’ number in the field (£90-120)
Kempson’s London Buildings, Pennies (2), both type 2, obvs. Montague House altered for the British Museum, 22.40g/6h (DH 62); Ordnance Office, 25.01g/6h (DH 64) [2]. Extremely fine with much original colour, second from the flawed obverse die (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £95
Kempson’s London Buildings, Penny, type 4, obv. Bridge Gate, 18.08g/6h (DH 76); Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, South Sea House, 24.66g/7h (DH 162); Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, Goldsmiths’ Hall, 23.15g/6h (DH 166) [3]. First good fine, others very fine and better (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £75
Kempson’s London Buildings, Penny, type 4, obv. Newgate, 18.14g/6h (DH 80); Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, 1797, Westminster Hall, 24.16g/5h (DH 168) [2]. First extremely fine with attractive glossy patina, second nearly so, light brown patina (£70-90)
Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Pennies (2), obvs. St Paul’s School, 24.22g/12h (DH 158), South Sea House, 24.34g/6h (DH 162); Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Pennies, 1797 (2), type 5, obvs. Fishmongers’ Hall, 23.77g/12h (DH 100), Leadenhall, 24.08g/12h (DH 104) [4]. About extremely fine and better, third lightly lacquered and with collectors’ number 265 inked on obverse (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £150
Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 1, Trinity House, rev. City arms, edge lettered, 23.07g/7h (DH 84). Usual die flaw on obverse, extremely fine with original colour, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £110
Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 3, Treasury, rev. City arms between palm and oak branches, cap of maintenance above, edge lettered, 24.53g/7h (DH 88). Extremely fine and patinated, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £85
Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, St Paul’s School, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge lettered, 18.82g/12h (DH 94). Extremely fine and patinated, rare (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £50
Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Drapers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge lettered, 18.97g/12h (DH 98). Usual die flaws on obverse, extremely fine, reverse with much original colour, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £160
Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Fishmongers’ Hall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge lettered, 24.22g/6h (DH 100). Striking crack, about extremely fine, patinated (£40-50)
Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, type 5, Leadenhall, rev. from the same die as previous, edge lettered, 23.74g/12h (DH 104). Extremely fine, original colour, rare (£70-90)
Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Pennies, 1797 (2), House of Commons, 24.79g/12h, 24.55g/12h (both DH 173) [2]. Reverses with usual die flaw, about extremely fine, rare (£120-150)
Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), bust left (3), revs. three armed citizens, 10.46g/6h (DH 681d), heart and hand, 10.70g/6h (DH 682c), shepherd, 10.87g/5h (DH 690b); legend beneath radiation, rev. boys at turnstile, 10.59g/12h (DH 715) [4]. First very fine, others about extremely fine, second from a ‘bar end’ (£120-150)
Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (6), bust left, rev. shepherd, 10.72g/5h (DH 690b); heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined (3), revs. heart and hand, 12.37g/4h, 10.63g/11h (both DH 804c, large flan), 5.27g/12h (DH 804c, small flan); man hanging, rev. may the knave, etc, 12.30g/12h (DH 831a); bust of John Horne Tooke, rev. Sessions House, Old Bailey, 13.42g/6h (DH 878; BHM 380) [6]. Very fine and better, one DH 804c with much original colour (£120-150)
Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), sailor seizing a landsman, rev. Free-born Englishman, 11.78g/6h (DH 730); deserted village, rev. Highlander, 12.56g/6h (DH 745); dog, rev. caduceus, 12.91g/6h (DH 750); bust of Charles Fox, rev. caduceus, 8.61g/6h (DH 763a) [4]. About extremely fine, DH 745 cleaned, others have been lacquered (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £170
Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (5), bust of Lord George Gordon, rev. legend in 4 lines, 12.41g/7h (DH 782; BHM 227); heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined (3), revs. noted advocates, etc, 10.77g/6h (DH 798), heart and hand (2), 10.78g/12h (DH 804c, large flan), 5.41g/12h (DH 804c, small flan); two men dancing round fire, rev. shepherd, 11.86g/5h (DH 825) [5]. About extremely fine (£100-150)
Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), man hanging, rev. may the knave, etc, 12.72g/12h (DH 831a); pig, rev. noted advocates, etc, 11.13g/6h (DH 842); sailor, rev. crowned anchor and hearts, 10.30g/5h (DH 857); bust of John Horne Tooke, rev. Sessions House, Old Bailey, 14.46g/6h (DH 878; BHM 380) [4]. About extremely fine and better (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £280
Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpenny, bust of John Horne Tooke right, rev. Sessions House, Old Bailey, edge plain, 14.49g/12h (DH 878; BHM 380). Virtually as struck with full original colour, attractive (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £70
Thomas Spence series, mule Halfpence (4), Tree of Liberty (3), revs. heart and hand, 9.06g/6h (DH 886), lion and cock, 12.30g/6h (DH 889b), boys at turnstile, 10.10g/6h (DH 891); bust right, united token, rev. crowned harp and thistles, 10.87g/12h (DH 899) [4]. Last about extremely fine, others very fine or better (£100-150)
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