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3 October 2012
Ayrshire, Ayr, William Fullarton, Restrike Pattern Sixpence, 1799, by W.J. Taylor from dies by and after J. Milton, in copper, bust of Prince of Wales left, no stop before date, flaw on bust below ear, rev. cruciform shields displayed incorrectly, edge plain, 3.62g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp.157-8; Stainton 31C; DH 5 bis III). Spot in front of bust, otherwise virtually as struck, dark patina, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £160
Ayrshire, Ayr, William Fullarton, Taylor’s mule Halfpenny from dies by J. Milton, from the same obv. die as Lots 1069-70, rev. Scotia seated left, edge plain, 9.92g/12h (DH 6). Minor hairlines, otherwise extremely fine and bronzed, extremely rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £600
Ayrshire, Cumnock, James Paterson, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.83g/6h (DH 9). Surfaces artificially treated, otherwise about very fine, reverse better, rare £40-50
Hammer Price: £50
Dumfries-shire, Sanquhar, John Halliday, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.63g/6h (DH 1). Flan clip, otherwise about very fine and extremely rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £210
East Lothian, East Linton, Hugh Brown, Farthing, scales, rev. ship, commercium, edge plain, 2.32g/6h (DH 4). About very fine and very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £85
East Lothian, Haddington, George Amos, Farthing, 2.51g/4h (DH 1); George Pringle, Farthing, 2.88g/11h (DH 2); Robert Richardson, Farthing, 2.60g/6h (DH 3) [3]. Fine and better but second with some surface damage, all rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Fifeshire, Anstruther, Robert Taylor, Farthing, 2.28g/5h (DH 4); Burntisland, Burntisland Vitriol Co, Halfpenny, 1797, 10.47g/6h (DH 2); Kirkcaldy, P. Henderson, Farthing, 2.34g/6h (DH 9), Thomas Ronald, Farthing, 2.49g/5h (DH 10); Newburgh, J.M. Sharp, Farthing, 2.24g/12h (DH 16) [5]. DH 10 good very fine, DH 16 fair, others generally fine, DH 2 lacquered, DH 4 with flan damage £70-90
Hammer Price: £60
Fifeshire, Dunfermline, Robert Johnston, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.51g/6h (DH 6). About extremely fine with a hint of original colour, very rare £90-120
Fifeshire, Inverkeithing, John Meiklejon, Farthing, sugar-loaf above thistle, rev. sailing ship, edge plain, 2.80g/10h (DH 7). Weakly struck as always, fine for issue, extremely rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £55
Fifeshire, Kirkcaldy, Robert Boog, Kempson’s Penny, 1797, bust of Adam Smith right, rev. agricultural implements by quay-side, edge plain, 29.39g/6h (DH 1). Trifling hairlines, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, bronzed, rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,550
Fifeshire, Kirkcaldy, James Hardie, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.90g/11h (DH 8). Very fine and extremely rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
Fifeshire, Leven, W. & G. Meikle, Farthing, 2.06g/6h (DH 12); Andrew Webster, Farthing, 3.54g/12h (DH 13); John Wishart, Farthing, 3.07g/12h (DH 14) [3]. DH 13 very fine but harshly lacquered, others about fine, all very rare £80-100
Inverness-shire, Inverness, Mackintosh, Inglis & Wilson, Halfpence (5), 1793, 12.14g/6h (DH 1b), 1794, 12.20g/6h (DH 2), 1795, 10.09g/6h (DH 3), 1796 (2), 9.95g/6h (DH 4), 9.69g/6h (DH 5) [5]. DH 5 very fine, others extremely fine and better, DH 1b and 2 bronzed, DH 3 with considerable original colour £200-250
Hammer Price: £240
Inverness-shire, Inverness, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, ruins of the old Fort George, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.61g/1h (DH Middlesex 156). Mint state with attractive patina and reflective surfaces £200-250
Hammer Price: £280
Kinross-shire, Loch Leven, James Wright Jr, Kempson’s Penny, 1797, castle remains, trees in front and figure at side, rev. girl with skirt lifted above her knees, treading washing in a tub, flanked by thistle sprays, edge plain, 29.77g/6h (DH 1). Practically mint state with almost full original colour, most attractive, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £460
Kirkcudbrightshire, Gatehouse of Fleet, Thomas Scott & Co, Halfpenny, 1793, griffin, rev. warehouse, edge plain, 9.76g/6h (DH 1). Well-executed graffito on obverse, otherwise good fine £10-15
Hammer Price: £10
Lanarkshire, Anderston, W. McNeilage, Farthing, 2.59g/11h (DH 11); Calton, Henry Reid, Farthing, 2.44g/6h (DH 40) [2]. First very fine, second fine, both rare £40-60
Hammer Price: £30
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Archibald Anderson, Farthings (6), 2.12g/6h, 2.41g/6h (both DH 12/13; cf. DNW T6, lot 472, footnote), 2.26g/6h (DH 14), 2.05g/6h (DH 15), 2.41g/6h (DH 16), 2.94g/6h (DH 17) [6]. DH 13 and 16 very fine or better but both with metal flaws, second very rare, others generally fine, DH 17 exhibiting early die flaw on reverse; all the variants for the issuer £60-80
Hammer Price: £95
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, James Angus, Farthings, 1780 (4), tea shop, 3.18g/6h (DH 18), a shift (3), 4.01g/6h (DH 20), 3.73g/6h (DH 21), 3.28g/6h (DH 22) [4]. First good very fine but with flan clip, others generally fine or better, DH 21 very rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £75
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, William Bilton, Farthing, 2.43g/6h (DH 23); Cubie & Paterson, Farthing, 3.33g/12h (DH 24); Ralph Erskin & Co, Farthings, 1781 (2), 4.13g/12h (DH 25), 4.04g/12h (DH 26) [4]. DH 25 very fine, DH 24 about very fine, others fine £70-90
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Alexander Ewing, Farthings, 1799 (2), 5.16g/6h (DH 27), 4.63g/6h (DH 28); Thomas Finlayson, Farthings (2), 2.39g/5h (DH 29), 2.46g/6h (DH 30) [4]. DH 28 extremely fine and far superior to the illustration in DH, others all very fine and patinated £70-90
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Alexander Hamilton, Farthings, 1791 (6), 5.34g/6h (DH 31/32), 4.71g/6h (DH 33), 4.03g/6h (DH 34), 5.40g/6h (DH 35), 4.11g/6h (DH 36), 5.05g/6h (DH 37, this piece illustrated) [6]. DH 35 and 37 very fine or better and patinated, latter extremely rare, DH 33 about very fine, others mostly fair to fine, DH 36 very rare; an excellent group of the issuer £120-150
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, George Randolph, Farthing, 1799, 3.21g/5h (DH 39); E. Waterson & Co, Farthing, 2.98g/6h (DH 50); Retailers’ Farthings (6), 2.44g/11h (DH 42), 2.43g/7h (DH 43), 2.27g/1h (DH 44), 2.24g/12h (DH 46), 2.52g/6h (DH 47), 2.43g/12h (DH 48) [8]. DH 43 about extremely fine and patinated, very rare, DH 47 very fine but lacquered, others in varied state £60-80
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, Boulton’s Halfpence, 1791 (3), shearer edges, 12.04g/6h (DH 2, gilt), 13.03g/6h (DH 2, bronzed), 13.66g/6h (DH 2a) [3]. Second and third about extremely fine, first very fine and with some wear to gilding £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Gilbert Shearer & Co, imitation Halfpence, 1791 (13), no signature (6), cambridge edge, 9.98g/6h (DH 3a), edinburgh edge, 9.13g/12h (DH 3), london edges (2), 7.54g/12h (DH 3b), 9.00g/6h (DH 3c), edge grained, 10.57g/6h (DH 3d), edge plain, 9.19g/12h (DH 3e); with fa signature (3), lancaster edge, 9.20g/6h (DH 4), edges plain (2), 10.79g/6h (DH 4f, large flan), 9.15g/6h (DH 4f, small flan); ornament under date (4), lancaster edges (2), 11.33g/6h (DH 5), 9.92g/6h (DH 5c),...
Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (8), arms (4), revs. Britannia seated (3), molison edge, 11.01g/6h (DH 6), edge grained, 9.68g/6h (DH 6a), edge plain, 7.52g/6h (DH 6b), bust of John Howard, edge grained, 6.98g/6h (DH 7a); river-god (4), revs. ship (2), both edges plain, 11.13g/6h (DH 8), 8.31g/6h (DH 8a), Britannia seated (2), current every where edge, 8.32g/6h (DH 9a), london edge, 10.25g/6h (DH 9, large flan) [8]. DH 8a extremely fine but surfaces artificially treated, DH...
Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Brock & Ferguson, Farthing, 2.68g/6h (DH 53); Rutherglen, William Miller, Farthing, 2.62g/12h (DH 52), issuer uncertain, Farthing, 2.47g/8h (DH 51) [3]. DH 53 fine, DH 52 about fine, DH 51 mediocre, all rare £40-60
Hammer Price: £45
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Anderson, Leslie & Co, Halfpence, 1797 (2), reads terra, 11.24g/6h (DH 7), reads terræ, 10.80g/6h (DH 8); Joseph Archibald, Halfpence (5), undated (2), edge grained, 7.48g/6h (DH 9), edge plain, 8.95g/6h (DH 9a), 1796 (3), rosace in legend (2), edge grained, 8.06g/12h (DH 10), edge plain, 8.19g/12h (DH 10a), star in legend, archibald edge, 9.29g/5h (DH 12) [7]. DH 8 virtually as struck and bronzed, DH 7 extremely fine, DH 10a and 12 fine, latter lacquered,...
Hammer Price: £260
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, W. Begg, lead Farthing, 1813, legend, rev. value, edge plain, 6.78g/12h (DH p.447, 149). Fine, extremely rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £130
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, E. Campbell, Halfpence (6), 1795, edge plain, 10.60g/6h (DH 13b), 1796 (5), signed james (4), spence edge, 9.86g/6h (DH 14), edge plain, 8.16g/12h (DH 14a), edges grained (2), 7.15g/5h (DH 15), 9.55g/12h (DH 17), unsigned, 9.18g/12h (DH 16); Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, 1796, Highlander, rev. snuff jar, 12.59g/6h (DH 18) [7]. DH 15 very fine but lacquered, rare, DH 17 fair, others about extremely fine and better with original colour £200-300
Hammer Price: £440
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Alexander Cornwell, Halfpenny, 1795, edge plain, 7.88g/6h (DH Dublin 307), Farthings, 1796 (2), 3.19g/12h (DH 69), 3.84g/6h (DH 70); George Cotton, Farthing, 2.90g/6h (DH 74); Dickson & McDougal, Farthing, 2.44g/6h (DH 76); Frederick Doig, Farthing, 3.57g/5h (DH 77); Alexander Galloway, Farthing, 2.49g/6h (DH 80); George Hair, Farthing, 3.59g/12h (DH 83) [8]. DH 80 in excavated state, DH 83 and Dublin 307 fine, latter lacquered, others very fine or better, DH...
Hammer Price: £170
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, John Crerar, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.77g/5h (BWS 7080; DH 75). Very fine and extremely rare £100-150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, James Douglas, Farthing, 4.16g/5h (BWS 7090; DH 78); James Forbes, Farthing, 2.67g/5h (BWS 7120; DH 79) [2]. First fair to fine, second about very fine, both very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, James Glass, Farthings (2), 15 blair street, 2.23g/6h (DH 81), 8 hunter square, 2.51g/5h (BWS 7130; DH 82) [2]. Fine, both very rare £100-150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Henry Harrison, Halfpence, 1796 (3), ns retrograde, 10.74g/12h (DH 19), ns correctly formed (2), 9.38g/12h (DH 20), 9.39g/12h (DH 21), Farthings (4), with hh (3), 4.13g/12h (DH 84), 3.16g/12h (DH 84 bis), 4.02g/12h (DH 85), without hh, 3.26g/12h (DH 86) [7]. First three extremely fine, DH 20 and 21 with original colour, latter extremely rare, others very fine and better; an excellent group of the issuer, including all variants £200-250
Hammer Price: £370
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Robert Havens, Farthing, 2.06g/5h (DH 87); A. Hendrie, Farthing, 3.14g/6h (DH 89); J. Hogg, Farthing, 2.62g/4h (DH 90); John Hunter, Farthing, 2.14g/4h (DH 91) [4]. DH 87 about fine, DH 89 about extremely fine, others very fine but DH 91 lacquered £80-100
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Halfpence, 1790 (8), 12.59g/12h (DH 23), 12.46g/12h (DH 24), 12.73g/12h (DH 25), 12.14g/12h (DH 26), 12.08g/12h (DH 27), 11.70g/12h (DH 28), 12.68g/12h (DH 29), 12.42g/12h (DH 30) [8]. DH 23, 25 and 28 extremely fine, last with full original colour, DH 24, 27 and 29 very fine or better, others in varied state; all the die varieties for the date £120-150
Hammer Price: £300
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Halfpence (11), 1791 (7), 12.14g/12h (DH 31), 12.27g/12h (DH 32), 12.53g/6h (DH 33), 12.76g/6h (DH 34), 12.78g/12h (DH 35), 12.59g/12h (DH 36), 12.24g/12h (DH 37), 1792 (4), 12.23g/6h (DH 41), 12.29g/6h (DH 42), 12.61g/6h (DH 44), 12.43g/6h (DH 45) [11]. DH 34, 36, 44 and 45 extremely fine, all except last with original colour, DH 41 good very fine and scarce, others in varied state £150-200
Hammer Price: £330
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Proof Halfpenny, 1792, in silver, St Andrew with cross, rev. arms, edge payable at the warehouse of thos. & alexr. hutchison, 14.77g/6h (DH 45). Good fine, very rare £100-150
Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Halfpenny, 1792, similar, edge payable at the warehouse of thos. & alexr. hutchison, 12.57g/6h (DH 46). Brilliant mint state, full original colour £90-120
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