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12–14 June 2018
LONDON, City Road, Thomas Hall, Pennies, 1795 (2), 17.16g/3h (DH 25), 21.28g/6h (DH 28a); Ludgate Hill, Henry Young, Penny, 1794, with date, 11.96g/5h (DH 39) [3]. First fine, second about very fine, last about extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £170
LONDON, Clerkenwell, Thomas Gorton, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, fender and fire-irons, rev. tg cypher, 25.91g/6h (DH 16). Usual rim flaws, extremely fine, obverse with original colour £120-150
Hammer Price: £300
LONDON, Foster Lane, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, Goldsmiths’ Hall, rev. Goldsmiths’ arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 21.05g/6h (DH 166). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour £100-150
Hammer Price: £130
LONDON, Goodman’s Fields, Thomas Jordan & Co, brass Threepence, 1760, bear chained left, rev. thomas jordan and co. three pence, edge plain, 15.18g/12h (DH 3). Usual piercing, reverse die with flaw, otherwise good very fine and the equal of the ‘unissued’ Waite-Sanderson/Baldwin basement specimen, extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,700
LONDON, Ludgate Hill, Matthew Young, Milton’s Penny, 1798, Britannia seated, St Paul’s in background, rev. legend, edge promissory penny token payable on demand, 28.13g/12h (DH 41). Usual rim flaw on reverse, extremely fine and bronzed, rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £400
LONDON, Newgate Street, Christ’s Hospital, octagonal Sixpence, 1800, 6.64g/6h (DH 2), Penny, 1800, 5.57g/12h (DH 11) [2]. First about very fine and rare, second about fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £90
LONDON, St Pancras, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Smallpox Hospital, St Pancras, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.24g/6h (DH 161). Small striking flaw on reverse between 6 and 7 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, reflective patina £90-120
Hammer Price: £150
LONDON, St Paul’s, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, St Paul’s School, rev. City arms, mural crown above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.19g/12h (DH 94). Extremely fine, brown patina £80-100
LONDON, Soho, Robert Orchard, Milton’s Penny, 1803, draped bust right, rev. legend, edge plain, 26.68g/12h (DH 38; Stainton 45). Light die flaw in obverse field and an area of surface dullness in front of Orchard’s coat, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £240-300
Hammer Price: £550
LONDON, Threadneedle Street, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, South Sea House, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.54g/6h (DH 162). Extremely fine with considerable diffused original colour £100-150
Hammer Price: £110
LONDON, Tower Hill, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, Trinity House, rev. City arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.44g/1h (DH 84). Usual die flaw and associated rim faults on obverse, extremely fine £80-100
LONDON, Westminster, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, House of Commons, rev. cap of Liberty over coronet on pole, palm branch and cornucopia below, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 25.19g/12h (DH 173). Reverse with usual die flaw, about extremely fine and patinated, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £200
LONDON, Whitehall, Skidmore’s Miscellaneous series, Penny, 1797, Banqueting House, Whitehall, rev. portcullis and scales between sprigs of oak and laurel, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.69g/12h (DH 169). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £260
LONDON, Whitehall, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 3, Treasury, rev. City arms, cap of maintenance above, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.73g/12h (DH 88). Extremely fine and bronzed £100-150
Hammer Price: £180
LONDON, Wood Street, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 5, Barbers’ Hall, 24.32g/11h (DH 95); Lutwyche’s Masonic Penny, 1795, 18.30g/6h (DH 33) ]2]. Fine to very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £85
LONDON, Denton’s ‘Swan’ Penny, 1797, swan with partly expanded wings swimming left, rev. arms of the county of Middlesex, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 25.27g/6h (DH 174). Usual light die flaws on reverse, extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,600
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 1, Guildhall, 26.39g/12h (DH 42), Mansion House, 21.98g/6h (DH 43), Somerset House, 25.39g/6h (DH 44a) [3]. About extremely fine and better, first with some original colour £80-100
Hammer Price: £240
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), all type 2, Bethlem Hospital, 22.80g/6h (DH 48), Carleton House, 22.06g/6h (DH 49), Chelsea Hospital, 21.80g/6h (DH 50), Christ’s Church Hospital, 23.58g/6h (DH 51) [4]. About extremely fine and better, DH 50 with original colour £120-150
Hammer Price: £320
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), all type 2, Foundling Hospital, 22.39g/6h (DH 53), Goldsmith’s Hall, 23.77g/12h (DH 55), Greenwich Hospital, 22.04g/6h (DH 56), Ironmongers’ Almshouse, 23.68g/6h (DH 59) [4]. About extremely fine and better, DH 59 with much original colour £120-150
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), all type 2, Middlesex Hospital, 22.00g/6h (DH 61), Montague House altered for the British Museum, 21.96g/6h (DH 62), Monument, 26.36g/6h (DH 63), Old Ordnance Office, 25.78g/6h (DH 64, with flaw) [4]. About extremely fine and better, some with original colour £120-150
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, Royal Exchange, 22.36g/12h (DH 65), St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 22.33g/6h (DH 47), St James’s Palace, 22.17g/6h (DH 58) [3]. About extremely fine and better, DH 47 and 65 with much original colour £90-120
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), all type 2, St Paul’s Church, 22.05g/6h (DH 52), St Thomas’s Hospital, 22.723g/6h (DH 66), Trinity Almshouse, 23.23g/6h (DH 67) [3]. About extremely fine and better, DH 52 with much original colour £80-100
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), type 3, London Bridge, 19.09g/6h (DH 68), type 4, Blackfriars Bridge, 18.43g/6h (DH 71), Westminster Bridge, 18.42g/6h (DH 70) [2]. First good very fine, others about extremely fine and better £70-90
Hammer Price: £340
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (4), Aldgate, 18.19g/6h (DH 73), Bishopsgate, 18.19g/6h (DH 75), Bridge Gate, 18.109g/6h (DH 76), Cripplegate, 17.60g/6h (DH 77) [4]. About extremely fine and better, DH 76 and 77 with much original colour £150-200
Hammer Price: £420
LONDON, Kempson’s Buildings, Pennies (3), Ludgate, 17.87g/6h (DH 78), Moorgate, 17.96g/6h (DH 79), Newgate, 17.72g/6h (DH 80) [3]. About extremely fine £80-100
LONDON, Skidmore’s Penny for the Centenary of the Revolution, bust of William III within border, rev. lion rampant supporting arms, edge plain, 22.67g/6h (DH 199; Woolf 75:5; BHM 285). Light die flaw on reverse, extremely fine, patinated £90-120
MIDDLESEX, Hampton, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, David Garrick’s house, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.39g/6h (DH Middlesex 154). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour but has been lightly lacquered £100-150
Hammer Price: £75
NORFOLK, Norwich, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, view of the keep of Norwich Castle, bridge over moat in foreground, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.10g/12h (DH Middlesex 130). Extremely fine, obverse with a hint of original colour £100-150
OXFORDSHIRE, Watlington, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Sherborne (sic) Castle, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.62g/12h (DH Middlesex 132). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour £100-150
SURREY, Croydon, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Addington Place, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.20g/12h (DH Middlesex 147; Bell p.94, this piece). Extremely fine, obverse with a hint of original colour £90-120
SURREY, Dulwich, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, Dulwich College, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.71g/6h (DH Middlesex 152; Bell p.98, this piece). Usual die flaw on reverse at 8 o’clock, extremely fine with virtually full original colour but has been lightly lacquered £100-150
SURREY, Godstone, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Godstone Tower, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.43g/12h (DH Middlesex 137; Bell, p.84, this piece). Flan crack, otherwise extremely fine, brown patina £60-80
SURREY, Guildford, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Guildford Tower, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.73g/12h (DH Middlesex 138; Bell, p.85, this piece). Extremely fine, brown patina £80-100
SURREY, Lambeth, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Lambeth Palace, rev. from the same die as previous, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.62g/12h (DH Middlesex 138; Bell, p.108, this piece). Extremely fine, obverse with a hint of original colour £90-120
Hammer Price: £220
SURREY, Wandsworth, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, view of Lord Stormont’s house, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.32g/1h (DH Middlesex 164; Bell p.111, this piece). No die flaw on reverse, trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine, brown patina £90-120
YORKSHIRE, Bowes, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, remains of Bowes Castle, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.12g/12h (DH Middlesex 143). Extremely fine, chocolate brown patina £100-150
Westwood’s British Commercial Penny, 1797, bust of George III right, rev. Britannia seated left on cannon, edge plain, 27.71g/6h (DH 7). Lightly rubbed, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, rare £300-400
Westwood’s British Commercial Halfpenny, 1797, bust of George III right, rev. Britannia seated left on cannon, edge payable at cronebane lodge or in dublin, 11.92g/6h (DH 1006). Usual die flaw on obverse, lightly rubbed, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, extremely rare £240-300
Hammer Price: £280
Westwood’s British Commercial Quarter-Penny, 1797, bust of George III right, rev. Britannia seated left on cannon, edge plain, 6.93g/12h (DH 1150). Usual die flaw above cannon, lightly rubbed, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, rare £120-150
Westwood’s Pattern [believed to be for a Penny], 1799, in copper, bust right dividing date, rev. vigebit in omne aevum in four lines, edge plain, 24.21g/12h (Montagu 28; cf. BMC pp.237-8; BHM 465; cf. DNW 141, 245). Virtually as struck with brilliant fields, very rare £200-300
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