A Collection of Irish Tokens, Tickets and Passes, the Property of a Gentleman

18th Century Tokens, Co WICKLOW, Cronebane, Associated Irish Mine Co, Halfpence, 1789 (2), 12.56g/6h, 12.38g/6h (both DH 8); imitation Halfpenny, 9.56g/6h (DH 39); Lutwyche’s ‘Associated Irish Miners Arms’ imitation Halfpence (4), undated, 9.56g/6h (DH 39), 1789 (3), 9.42g/6h (DH 43b), 9.60g/6h (DH 48b), 10.05g/6h (DH – [dies of 51, edge payable at sharps portsmouth and chaldecotts chichester] [6]. DH 8 at 12.56g extremely fine with diffused original colour, DH 51 var good fine and very rare, others very fine £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Tokens, Tickets and Passes, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: DH 8 at 12.56g and 48b Baldwin Auction 28, 9 October 2001, lot 1778 (part), former recté DH 8; DH 8 at 12.38g and 39 DNW Auction T3, 11 July 2006, lot 2212 (part); DH 43b DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 1530 (part); DH 51 var DNW Auction 49, 21 March 2001, lot 595.

Despite DH 51 var being known for almost 20 years, the variant remains unlisted in the recent revisions of DH