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Soho, Robert Orchard, James’s Halfpenny, 1797, bust right dividing london token, rev. arms, edge plain, 9.66g/6h (DH 402). Extremely fine, a little original colour (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £80
Soho, Robert Orchard, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1798, side elevation of Islington Old Church, rev. ro cypher, coventry edge, 13.77g/12h (DH 403). Light surface marks in reverse field visible on close inspection, otherwise extremely fine with attractive rainbow patination, rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £130
Soho, Robert Orchard, Farthings (5), 1796, 3.87g/8h (DH 1060); 1803 (3), Turk standing type (2), 3.69g/6h, 3.77g/6h (both DH 1061, latter plated), warehouse type, 3.72g/11h (DH 1062); 1804, 4.09g/6h (DH 1063) [5]. Plated piece fine, others about extremely fine and better, first with much original colour (£40-60)
Soho, Robert Orchard, Prattent’s mule Halfpence (2), bust left, revs. je & co cypher, edge plain, 8.56g/6h (DH 407); wheatsheaf and doves, edge plain, 8.94g/6h (DH 408) [2]. Extremely fine, first with a little original colour and rare, second with much original colour (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £190
Soho, Robert Orchard, Prattent’s mule Halfpence (3), arms, revs. bust of William III right, edge plain, 10.10g/6h (DH 411); hs & co cypher in wreath, 8.40g/6h (DH 412); Hope holding quadrant, 9.48g/6h (DH 413) [3]. All with characteristic flaw in die under e of halfpenny and first with light flaws in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £400
Spring Gardens, Charles Biggar, Halfpence, 1796 (2), spring garden, edge plain, 7.04g/6h (DH 255a), spring-garden, edge plain, 9.34g/12h (DH 256); Strand, Philip Astley, Halfpence (6), bath edge, 9.27g/12h (DH 362a), dublin edge, 9.31g/12h (DH 362b), lancaster edge, 8.74g/12h (DH 362c), edge grained left, 8.88g/6h (DH 362f), edge plain, 9.28g/12h (DH 362h), edge grained right, 8.99g/12h (DH 362j); William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, edge plain, 14.55g/6h (DH 302); J. and S. Kelly, Halfpence...
Hammer Price: £230
Strand, William Forster, Proof Halfpenny, 1795, in silver, crown encircled with the sheet music to God Save the King, rev. Prince of Wales’ feathers, edge grained, 13.27g/5h (DH 302b). Practically mint state and attractively toned, very rare (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £660
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (5), undated, reads exibition, 8.79g/5h (DH 414); 1795 (4), all reading exhibition, dublin edge, 9.87g/6h (DH 415), edge grained, 9.46g/6h (DH 415a), edge plain, 6.66g/6h (DH 415b), payable in lancaster london or bristol edge, 9.04g/6h (DH 415, edge unlisted by Davisson) [5]. Third very fine and as struck on a large flan, exhibiting a large die flaw on obverse, very rare, others about extremely fine and better, first two with much original colour,...
Hammer Price: £450
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (14), elephant, revs. rhinoceros to right (3), spence edge, 12.33g/6h (DH 416), edge grained, 9.24g/6h (DH 416a), edge plain, 7.22g/6h (DH 416b); rhinoceros to left, 9.48g/7h (DH 417, polished obv. die); tiger, spence edge, 12.67g/7h (DH 418); nylghau, 6.77g/6h (DH 419); antelope, edge grained, 8.85g/7h (DH 420); zebra, 8.98g/7h (DH 421, polished obv. die); two-headed cow (3), stars in legend, 9.20g/6h (DH 422), quatrefoils in legend (2), edge...
Hammer Price: £460
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. two-headed cow, stars in legend, in brass, 9.33g/5h, in white metal, 6.55g/6h (both DH 422) [2]. About extremely fine and better, both very rare in these metals (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £240
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (14), lion and dog (4), revs. rhinoceros to left, 9.25g/7h (DH 427), zebra, 9.00g/7h (DH 428), kangaroo, 10.91g/12h (DH 430), monkey, 9.59g/6h (DH 431); reclining lion (3), revs. two-headed cow, quatrefoils in legend, 9.13g/7h (DH 432), cockatoo, 9.12g/4h (DH 434), crane, 9.66g/9h (DH 435); rhinoceros to right (4), revs. tiger, spence edge, 12.44g/7h (DH 436), antelope (2), edge grained, 8.89g/6h (DH 437), edge plain, 6.94g/6h (DH 437a), kangaroo,...
Hammer Price: £540
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpence (15), nylghau (2), revs. ostrich, 6.69g/6h (DH 445), bust of Louis XVI, 6.91g/3h (DH 446); antelope (3), revs. ostrich, edge grained, 8.73g/6h (DH 447), edge plain (2), thick flan, 10.68g/6h, thin flan, 6.78g/6h (both DH 447a); zebra (3), revs. two-headed cow, quatrefoils in legend, 9.38g/7h (DH 449), cockatoo, 9.38g/6h (DH 450), crane, 9.25g/3h (DH 451); two-headed cow (4), quatrefoils in legend (2), revs. kangaroo, 11.37g/12h (DH 452), monkey,...
Hammer Price: £700
Strand, J. and Gilbert Pidcock, Farthings (12), elephant, the James-signed die (7), revs. lion and dog, 3.16g/6h (DH 1064), two-headed cow (3), edge grained (2), thick flan, 5.95g/6h, thin flan, 2.72g/6h (both DH 1065), edge plain, 6.19g/5h (DH 1065a), cockatoo (2), edge grained, 3.41g/6h (DH 1067), edge plain, 2.96g/6h (DH 1067a), pelican, 3.36g/8h (DH 1068); elephant, unsigned die, rev. two-headed cow, 3.04g/12h (DH 1066); lion and dog (2), revs. beaver, 3.57g/4h (DH 1069), monkey,...
Hammer Price: £370
West Smithfield, Matthew Denton, Farthing, 1795, 3.97g/6h (DH 1053); mule Farthings (5), denton dealer, etc (3), revs. crown, 4.03g/6h (DH 1054), ship, 3.85g/6h (DH 1055), deformed dwarf, 3.73g/6h (DH 1056); busts vis-à-vis (2), revs. deformed dwarf, 3.93g/12h (DH 1057), Prince of Wales’ feathers, 3.90g/6h (DH 1058); Richard Harrison, Denton’s Farthing, 1797, 3.92g/6h (DH 1059; Storer 3940) [7]. All extremely fine with much original colour, especially DH 1057, an attractive group...
Hammer Price: £420
West Smithfield, Thomas Prattent, Halfpenny, 1796, anchor in shield, cap of Liberty above, rev. arms of the City of London, edge plain, 10.48g/6h (DH 459); mule Halfpenny, rev. standing figure of Sir George Cook, edge plain, 9.64g/6h (DH 460) [2]. First extremely fine with a little original colour but small spot on left of obverse shield, second about extremely fine and patinated but spot in lower reverse field, latter rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £150
West Smithfield, Thomas Prattent, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. figure of Fame, edge payable at n. bolingbrokes haberdasher norwich, 9.65g/5h (DH 461, edge unpublished). Extremely fine with much original colour, of the highest rarity (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £380
West Smithfield, Thomas Prattent, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. bust of Bryen Boiroimhe, edge plain, 9.17g/6h (DH 462e). Obverse very fine, reverse better, patinated, very rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £170
West Smithfield, Thomas Prattent, mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. crown radiated, edge plain, 9.67g/6h (DH 463). Extremely fine with almost full original colour, very rare (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £210
Uncertain locality, Peter Anderson, Jorden’s Halfpenny, 1795, City arms, rev. pa cypher, edge payable at the house of peter anderson london, 13.81g/6h (DH 248). Extremely fine and very rare (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £310
Uncertain locality, Joseph Askins, Jacobs’ Halfpence, 1796 (2), man standing with wooden leg, rev. legend in four lines, edge engrailed, 8.89g/6h (DH 252), edge grained, 9.30g/6h (DH 252a) [2]. Extremely fine, first patinated, second with a hint of original colour but with spot in obverse field, both rare (£150-200)
Uncertain locality, W. Sheward, Halfpence, 1792 (3), edge coarse upright graining, 12.64g/6h (DH 928), fine upright graining, 12.97g/6h (DH 928a), edge obliquely grained, 11.59g/6h (DH 928b); Uncertain issuers: Mail Coach series, Halfpence (6), with initials jf (2), 9.20g/12h (DH 363), and a test piece overstruck on a George III Halfpenny, 1775, 8.90g/1h (dies of DH 363); with initials afh (2), 8.49g/12h (DH 366), and a rev. brockage turned in the die, 8.59g (die of DH 366); 1797 (2),...
Hammer Price: £500
Halfpence (12), Abchurch Lane, St Mary’s, edge partly grained, 9.80g/12h (DH 538a); Aldermanbury, St Mary’s (3), skidmore edge, 13.30g/12h (DH 539), edge coarsely grained, 12.01g/1h (DH 539c), edge plain, 11.80g/12h (DH 539d); Aldersgate, St Ann’s, edge plain, 10.09g/10h (DH 540); St Botolph’s, edge plain, 11.44g/11h (DH 541); Basinghall Street, St Michael’s, coventry edge, 13.83g/11h (DH 545); Billingsgate, St Mary-at-Hill, edge plain, 11.14g/11h (DH 548a); Bishopsgate, St...
Hammer Price: £280
Halfpence (9), Blackfriars, St Ann’s, edge plain, 9.45g/5h (DH 554); Bloomsbury, St George’s, coventry edge, 13.59g/11h (DH 555); Botolph Lane, St Botolph’s, edge plain, 11.62g/11h (DH 556a); Bow Lane, St Mary’s (2), undated, coventry edge, 13.20g/6h (DH 557), 1797, edge partly grained, 9.76g/12h (DH 558); Bread Street, St Mildred’s, edge plain, 11.56g/12h (DH 559); Cannon Street, St Swithin’s, edge plain, 12.41g/12h (DH 560); Cateaton Street, St Lawrence’s, edge plain,...
Halfpence (11), Clerkenwell, St James’s (4), 1797, edge plain, 9.93g/11h (DH 564), and mules (3), revs. built anno domo 1792, skidmore edge, 12.00g/6h (DH 565), arms, skidmore edge, 12.37g/12h (DH 566), open book, skidmore edge, 12.12g/12h (DH 567); Coleman Street, St Catherine’s, edge plain, 11.49g/2h (DH 569); St Stephens (2), undated, edge plain, 11.76g/12h (DH 570), 1797, edge plain, 12.32g/12h (DH 571); College Hill, St Michael’s (2), coventry edge, 13.61g/5h (DH 572), edge plain,...
Halfpence (9), Cripplegate, St Giles’s, edge plain, 14.45g/12h (DH 576); Crutched Friars (2), Allhallows, undated, edge plain, 14.79g/11h (DH 577), 1797, edge partly grained, 9.63g/11h (DH 578); Dukes Place, St James’s, coventry edge, 14.04g/1h (DH 579); Eastcheap, St Clements, edge plain, 10.84g/12h (DH 580); Fleet Street, St Bride’s, coventry edge, 13.68g/11h (DH 583); St Dunstan’s (2), coventry edge, 13.79g/12h (DH 584), edge plain, 14.32g/12h (DH 584a); Friday Street, St...
Hammer Price: £470
Halfpence (11), Garlick Hythe [Garlick Hill], St James’s, coventry edge, 13.54g/12h (DH 586); Gracechurch Street, St Bennet’s, 1797, edge plain, 9.14g/7h (DH 589); Hanover Square, St George’s, rev. wreath with single bottom leaves, edge plain, 14.36g/12h (DH 592a), and a mule, dove in wreath, rev. gb cypher, edge grained over skidmore holborn london, 12.95g/11h (DH 594); Holborn, St Andrew’s, skidmore edge, 12.64g/12h (DH 595); Leadenhall Street, St Andrew’s, 1797, edge partly...
Halfpence (11), London Bridge, St Magnus (2), edges plain, thick flan, 13.73g/12h, thin flan, 9.65g/12h (both DH 602a); London Wall, St Alphage, edge plain, 10.10g/12h (DH 603); Lothbury, St Margaret’s, 1797, edge plain, 11.72g/12h (DH 605); Love Lane, St Mary’s, edge plain, 14.20g/12h (DH 606a); Ludgate, St Martin’s (2), with buildings at sides of church, undated, edge plain, 9.93g/11h (DH 607), without buildings, undated, edge plain, 12.94g/12h (DH 612); Minories, St Trinity, edge...
Hammer Price: £260
Halfpence (12), Old Jewry, St Olive’s, edge plain, 13.94g/11h (DH 614a); Old Street, St Luke’s, skidmore edge, 12.66g/12h (DH 615); Paddington, New Church (2), both 1797, edges plain, thick flan, 14.09g/12h, thin flan, 8.77g/12h (both DH 617); Paul’s Wharf, St Bennet’s (2), built 1670, edge plain, 11.38g/10h (DH 618), a·d· 1691, edge plain, 10.06g/12h (DH 619); Poultry, St Mildred’s, 1797, edge plain, 9.86g/12h (DH 620); Queenhithe, St Michael’s, edge plain, 14.29g/12h (DH...
Hammer Price: £290
Halfpence (13), Soho, St Ann’s, edge plain, 14.02g/11h (DH 627); Spitalfields, Church, coventry edge, 12.02g/12h (DH 628); Strand, St Clement’s, edge plain, 10.42g/12h (DH 631); Thames Street, Allhallows, edge plain, 12.62g/12h (DH 632); Threadneedle Street, St Mary Outwich, undated, edge plain, 11.23g/11h (DH 634); Tower Hill, Chapel in the Tower, edge plain, 11.61g/12h (DH 636); Walbrook, St Stephen’s (2), both edges plain, 11.53g/12h (DH 638), 13.14g/12h (DH 639); Westminster, St...
Hammer Price: £220
Halfpence (12), Aldersgate, bt 1670, edge plain, 12.08g/6h (DH 649); Aldgate, edge plain, 11.60g/12h (DH 646); Bishopsgate, undated, edge plain, 11.32g/12h (DH 650); Bridge Gate, edge plain, 10.72g/12h (DH 651); Cripplegate, edge plain, 11.74g/12h (DH 653); Ludgate, bt 1586, edge plain, 11.11g/11h (DH 657); Moorgate, edge plain, 11.46g/12h (DH 658); Newgate, undated, edge plain, 11.33g/12h (DH 659a); St John’s Gate, edge plain, 11.37g/12h (DH 654); Temple Bar (2), edges plain, 10.28g/10h...
Hammer Price: £160
Halfpenny, 7.67g/12h (DH 676); mule Halfpence (3), bust left, revs. noted advocates, etc, edge plain, 10.86g/6h (DH 677); Britannia, edge plain, 11.86g/6h (DH 678a); caduceus, spence edge, 12.10g/6h (DH 679) [4]. About extremely fine and better, all with original colour (£150-200)
Mule Halfpenny, bust left, rev. cat, spence edge, 10.79g/6h (DH 680). Extremely fine with virtually full original colour, attractive (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £270
Mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. three armed citizens, spence edge, 11.37g/6h (DH 681a); edge grained, 8.00g/3h (DH 681c); edge plain (2), large [31mm] flan, 12.17g/8h, small [28mm] flan, 10.43g/6h (both DH 681d) [4]. First and third extremely fine, first with virtually full original colour, others very fine (£150-180)
Hammer Price: £120
Mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. heart and hand, spence x edge, 11.00g/6h (DH 682); spence * edge, 11.27g/6h (DH 682a); edge grained, 9.50g/6h (DH 682b); edge plain, 10.80g/6h (DH 682c) [4]. About extremely fine and better, all with original colour, especially DH 682 and 682b (£150-200)
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Highlander, spence edge, 12.29g/6h (DH 683); Indian, spence edge, 11.04g/6h (DH 684); lion and cock (3), spence * edge, 10.34g/6h (DH 685a), edge engrailed, 9.26g/6h (DH 685b), edge plain, 10.37g/6h (DH 685c) [5]. DH 685b about extremely fine, others all extremely fine with original colour, especially DH 685a (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £320
Mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. conjoined heads of man and ass, spence x edge, 10.44g/6h (DH 686); spence * edge, 10.30g/6h (DH 686a); edge grained, 9.24g/6h (DH 686b); edge plain, 10.23g/6h (DH 686c) [4]. Third extremely fine with virtually full original colour, others about extremely fine and better, first two patinated, last with planchet clip (£120-150)
Mule Halfpence (6), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Cain slaying Abel, spence edge, 12.60g/6h (DH 687); Pandora’s breeches, edge grained, 9.02g/3h (DH 688); men under tree, spence edge, 13.18g/5h (DH 689); shepherd, from the die with unobliterated date, edge plain, 10.52g/5h (DH 690 bis); soldier and two citizens (2), spence edge, 11.65g/12h (DH 691), edge plain, 12.36g/12h (DH 691a) [6]. DH 687, 689 and 690 bis about extremely fine or better and patinated, DH 691 good fine and...
Mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. boys at turnstile, 10.37g/6h (DH 693), t spence bookseller, etc, 10.07g/12h (DH 694); t spence bookseller, etc, revs. bust of Charles Fox, 9.94g/6h (DH 695); bust of Lord George Gordon, 10.07g/6h (DH 696) [4]. Extremely fine, first and last with original colour, others patinated, DH 695 very rare (£150-180)
Mule Halfpence (5), t spence bookseller, etc, revs. Marine Society boy, spence edge, 12.06g/5h (DH 698); Minerva standing, 12.57g/5h (DH 699); Spaniard (2), spence edge, 12.17g/6h (DH 700), edge plain, 12.47g/6h (DH 700b); bust of John Thelwall, 10.06g/6h (DH 701) [5]. Extremely fine, last two patinated, others with much original colour, first rare (£180-220)
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. bust of John Horne Tooke, 9.89g/7h (DH 702); Turk, 12.58g/5h (DH 703); Westminster collegian, spence edge, 11.83g/6h (DH 704); crown, anchor and hearts, edge grained, 9.16g/1h (DH 705); legend beneath radiation, 10.15g/6h (DH 706) [5]. DH 703 and 704 extremely fine with much original colour, others about extremely fine and patinated, DH 705 with flan crack but very rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £300
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