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15 December 2005
Hornsey, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1797, St Mary’s Church behind trees, rev. legend in wreath of oak and palm, edge engrailed, 9.46g/6h (DH 337). Lightly lacquered, almost extremely fine, rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £90
Lutwyche’s Halfpence (6), Prince of Wales, 9.04g/6h (DH 952a); Princess of Wales (4), 10.53g/12h, 10.16g/12h, 9.70g/12h, 9.48g/12h (all DH 977), Duke of York, 9.04g/6h (DH 985c [traces of filing]) [6]. Very fine and better, some DH 977s with original colour (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £40
Skidmore’s Penny for the Centenary of the Revolution [using the rev. die by C. James], bust of William III right without border, rev. Britannia seated left, edge plain, 23.40g/6h (DH 198; Woolf 75:4; BHM 284; D & W 173/559). Minor edge nicks, good fine, very rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £75
Skidmore’s Penny for the Centenary of the Revolution, bust of William III within border, rev. lion rampant supporting arms, edge plain, 22.89g/6h (DH 199; Woolf 75:5; BHM 285; D & W 173/560). Small surface flaw in front of truncation, otherwise extremely fine, lightly lacquered (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £70
Prince of Wales Appointed Regent, 1789, a copper medalet by Lutwyche, 27mm, 6.57g/6h (DH 969; BHM 322); George III, Restored to Health, 1789, a silver medal by J.-P. Droz, centre leg of tripod in front, 19.83g/12h (DH 179; BHM 311; E 827; Storer 6175) [2]. Good very fine, second toned (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £50
George III, Restored to Health, 1789, a silver medal by J.-P. Droz, bust right, rev. snake entwined around tripod, centre leg behind, 18.98g/6h (DH 180; BHM 311; E 827; Storer 6174). Usual flaw on obverse rim and tiny hairlines in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned, rare (£90-120)
George III, Restored to Health, 1789, medals by J.-P. Droz (3), in silver, 20.03g/12h, in Barton’s metal, 18.52g/12h, in gilt-copper, 17.54g/12h (all DH 181; BHM 311; E 827; Storer 6173) [3]. First fair, second about very fine, last about extremely fine and rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £100
George III, Thanksgiving at St Paul’s, 1789, medals (2), by J. Davies, in copper, 29mm, 8.31g/12h (DH 930; BHM 297; Storer 6192); by J. Milton, in silver, 33mm, 8.03g/12h (DH 177; Stainton 7; BHM 295) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine and toned (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £120
Kempson’s Halfpenny, bust of Thomas Erskine left, rev. a friend, etc, 7.99g/6h (DH 1010; BHM 375); Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Halfpence (3), 9.55g/12h, 9.55g/12h, 9.53g/12h (all DH 1012); Kempson’s Sir Isaac Newton series, Halfpenny, 1793, 10.06g/6h (DH 1034), Farthing, 1793, 3.89g/6h (DH 1160); Lutwyche’s ‘General Convenience’ Halfpenny, 1795, 10.06g/6h (DH 1018a); Lutwyche’s Buck Society Halfpenny, 1796, 10.78g/6h (DH 1041); Mainwaring’s ‘Map of France’ series,...
Hammer Price: £65
Kempson’s Erskine and Gibbs Proof Halfpenny, 1794, in silver, two barristers standing holding label inscribed bill of rights, magna charta above, rev. legend in 9 lines, edge engrailed, 10.19g/12h (DH 1011). Fine, very rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £130
Lutwyche’s Anti-Slavery Halfpence (4), 9.17g/6h (DH 1037), 9.82g/6h (DH 1038b), 9.84g/3h (DH 1039), 10.12g/9h (DH 1039b) [4]. First very fine and patinated, third fair, others fine (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £220
Skidmore’s Revd. W. Cooper Halfpenny, edge faintly grained, 8.91g/12h (DH 1007); Skidmore’s Revd. William Romaine Halfpenny, 1795, 9.53g/12h (DH 1036; BHM 402) [2]. Extremely fine, first with almost full original colour, second lightly lacquered (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £80
Uncertain manufacturers, Thomas Hardy, Halfpenny, 1794, 8.37g/12h (DH 1024); John Horne Tooke, Halfpence, 1794 (4), 8.48g/6h, 8.34g/6h, 7.99g/6h (all DH 1045a), 8.31g/6h (DH 1046); Tom Tackle, Halfpenny, 7.29g/12h (DH 1048) [6]. Last fine, others very fine or better (£30-40)
Lord Thurlow, 1789, a white metal medal by C. James and T. Wyon Jr, rev. bust of William Pitt, 33mm, 10.16g/12h (DH 219; BHM 331); Charles Fox, c. 1790, a copper medal by W. Lutwyche, 34mm, 23.22g/6h (DH 223; BHM 324); Thomas Hardy Acquitted, 1794, copper medals (3), unsigned, all 32mm, 14.77g/12h (DH 204), 14.93g/12h, 13.45g/12h (both DH 205) [5]. About extremely fine and better, but first scuffed in fields and last heavily lacquered (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £110
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