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5 October 2011
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Halfpence (4), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. shepherd, spence edge, 10.16g/6h (DH 15); boys at turnstile, edge plain, 10.89g/6h (DH 16); anchor and cable (2), spence edge, 11.37g/7h (DH 17), edge grained, 11.53g/6h (DH 17a) [4]. Last two very fine, DH 17a lacquered, others better £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. anchor and cable, edge payable at the warehouse of alexr molison, 10.85g/7h (DH 17c). Extremely fine, reverse with much subdued original colour, of the highest rarity; believed the only known specimen £300-500
Hammer Price: £500
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, man in barge sailing left, rev. noted advocates, etc, spence edge, 10.97g/6h (DH 19). Usual die flaw and reverse off-centre, otherwise about extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £110
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Highlander, spence edge, 12.36g/8h (DH 21). Usual die flaw, extremely fine and patinated, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £280
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. shepherd, spence edge, 11.02g/11h (DH 22). Usual die flaw, extremely fine with much original colour, attractive £200-250
Hammer Price: £300
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. boys at turnstile, edge plain, 10.56g/5h (DH 23a). Usual die flaw, extremely fine and patinated, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £230
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Farthing, sailor, rev. anchor and cable, edge plain, 3.56g/12h (DH 35; Bell, ST p.132, this piece). Light obverse die flaws, otherwise extremely fine, the reverse with practically full original colour, very rare and a significant link in understanding the Spence/Skidmore ‘chain’ £200-250
Hammer Price: £550
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Farthings (4), man in barge sailing left, revs. man on bull with ass’s head, edge plain, 4.05g/5h (DH 29a); Britannia seated, edge plain, 3.99g/6h (DH 30a); conjoined heads of man and ass, 3.94g/12h (DH 31; Bell, PC p.259, this piece); pig, 3.50g/6h (DH 32) [4]. DH 31 extremely fine, obverse with a hint of original colour, others very fine and better, last with bright appearance £200-250
Hammer Price: £310
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Farthing, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. man walking on all fours, edge plain, 4.40g/6h (DH 33). Some weakness in centre, otherwise very fine with a hint of original colour, extremely rare £200-250
Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Spence’s mule Farthing, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. kneeling slave, edge plain, 4.09g/7h (DH 34). Lightly lacquered, otherwise about extremely fine, brown patina, rare £150-200
Northumberland, North Shields, ‘Denton’s’ [probably Skidmore’s] Halfpenny, 1795, cart unloading into ship moored at quay-side, rev. ipr monogram, edge plain, 10.55g/6h (DH 25). Some toning in centre of obverse, otherwise extremely fine, original colour £150-200
Northumberland, North Shields, ‘Denton’s’ [probably Skidmore’s] mule Halfpenny, from the same rev. die as previous, rev. bust of Robert Orchard left, edge plain, 10.59g/6h (DH 27). Usual die flaw, otherwise about extremely fine and patinated, rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £75
Nottinghamshire, Arnold, Davison and Hawksley, Crown, 1791 [issued 1802], in plated copper, fleece suspended from apple-tree, rev. crossed fasces and axe, spear and cap of Liberty, edge plain, 27.78g/6h (DH 1; D & W 338/37). Minor surface marks and a graze in lower field on reverse, otherwise good very fine and toned, extremely rare and possibly the finest known in private hands £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,200
Nottinghamshire, Arnold, Davison and Hawksley, Halfcrown, 1791 [issued 1802], in plated copper, similar, edge plain, 22.05g/6h (DH 2; D & W 338/39). Some light surface spotting and discolouration, otherwise better than very fine and extremely rare £350-400
Hammer Price: £420
Nottinghamshire, Arnold, Davison and Hawksley, Shilling, 1791 [issued 1802], in copper, similar, edge plain, 11.18g/6h (DH 3; D & W 338/42). Very fine £70-90
Hammer Price: £150
Nottinghamshire, Arnold, Davison and Hawksley, Sixpences, 1791 [issued 1802] (2), in plated copper and copper, similar, 6.47g/6h, 6.26g/6h (DH 4; D & W 338/43, 338/43a) [2]. First very fine, second nearly so £90-120
Hammer Price: £140
Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, Donald & Co, Halfpence, 1792 (3), reads promissory, unflawed rev., 13.51g/6h (DH 6), reads promissary [a over o], early flaw, 11.73g/12h (DH 7), reads promissory, late flaw, 10.37g/12h (DH 8) [3]. DH 7 extremely fine with original colour, others nearly so, an attractive group £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, Donald & Co, Trial Halfpenny, 1792, legend within and around oval [from the die of DH 6], rev. engraved view of man at loom, window at left, birmingham 1792 engraved in exergue, no 29 bull street above, edge plain, 12.96g/9h (DH 9, this piece). Good very fine and patinated; UNIQUE £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £2,700
Nottinghamshire, [Birmingham], Donald & Co, Trial Halfpenny, 1792, man working machine, inclined plane at ketley 1789 in exergue [from the rev. die of DH Shropshire 11], rev. man at loom, window at left, birmingham 1792 in exergue, no 29 bull street above, fields chased, edge plain, 13.21g/4h (DH 10, this piece). Obverse weak at lower centre, otherwise good very fine and patinated; UNIQUE £2,000-3,000
Nottinghamshire, Ravenshead, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, frontal elevation of Newstead Abbey, rev. Thomas Gorton’s cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 26.49g/11h (DH 5). Small rim fault under artist’s signature, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £210
Oxfordshire, Banbury, William Rusher, Halfpence (2), banbury edge, 9.75g/6h (DH 1, large flan), edge plain, 9.32g/6h (DH 1a) [2]. Good very fine, second rare £50-70
Oxfordshire, Banbury, Prize Fighting Ring, 1789, copper medals (2), unsigned, bust of Thomas Johnson left, rev. science and intrepidity, etc, 34mm, 18.81g/12h (DH Warwickshire 12); bust of Isaac Perrins right, rev. strength and magnanimity, etc, 34mm, 18.51g/12h (DH Warwickshire 13) [2]. First very fine but with rim faults and flaws, second fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £20
Oxfordshire, Watlington, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Sherborne (sic) Castle, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.74g/12h (DH Middlesex 132). Extremely fine, patinated £90-120
Rutland, Oakham, Col. Gerard Noel [Edwards], Halfpenny, col. noel of the rutland fencibles, etc, rev. whose example in life, etc, edge plain, 11.47g/6h (DH 1). Usual light die flaws and some spotting on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, patinated, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £170
Shropshire, Boscobel, Westwood’s Halfpenny, bust of Charles II right, rev. oak-tree, edge payable at cronebane lodge or in dublin, 12.65g/6h (DH 1). Minor surface marks in obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £430
Shropshire, Boscobel, Westwood’s Halfpenny, from the same dies as previous, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 11.48g/6h (DH 1a). Good very fine and patinated, very rare £250-300
Hammer Price: £250
Shropshire, Bridgnorth, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Dudmaston Hall, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.99g/12h (DH Middlesex 133). Extremely fine, light patina £100-150
Shropshire, Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Halfpenny, 1792, ship sailing under bridge, legend within inner circle, rev. man working at inclined plane, edge birmingham redruth & swansea followed by alchemical symbols for the seven planetary metals, 13.44g/6h (DH – [9-13 obv., rev. unlisted]; Farnell, SCMB 1959, p.210, DH 8 bis, this piece). Good fine, dark patina, of the highest rarity £100-150
Hammer Price: £330
Shropshire, Coalbrook Dale, Reynolds & Co, Halfpence, 1792 (9), all with inner circle on obvs., lamps on bridge with dual supports (7), first from the same dies as previous, edge payable at coalbrook-dale and ketley, 13.76g/6h (DH 8 bis), 13.98g/6h (DH 9), 13.81g/6h (DH 10), 14.40g/12h (DH 12), 13.62g/12h (DH 13), 12.28g/12h (DH 14), 13.20g/12h (DH 15); lamps with single supports (2), 12.97g/12h (DH 16), 13.13g/12h (DH 17) [9]. DH 10 and 14 better than very fine but latter spotted, others...
Shropshire, Ludlow, Skidmore’s Globe series, Penny, Ludlow Castle, rev. globe, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.62g/12h (DH Middlesex 134). Extremely fine, attractive light brown patina £100-150
Hammer Price: £200
Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Salop Woollen Manufactory, Halfpence, 1793 (4), all shrewsbury edge, 11.34g/6h (DH 19), 10.80g/6h (DH 20), 11.13g/5h (DH 21), 11.10g/6h (DH 22); Hancock’s mule Halfpence (2), revs. Bishop Blaize, anglesey edge, 11.17g/12h (DH 23), edge plain [but a few file marks], 10.65g/12h (DH 23a; Farnell, SCMB 1959, p.255, this piece); imitation Halfpence, 1794 (6), cronebane edge, 8.98g/6h (DH 25b), london cork edge, 7.82g/6h (DH 25c), bristol edge, 9.67g/12h (DH 25d), edge...
Shropshire, Shrewsbury, an edged blank by the Westwood/Hancock consortium intended for a Salop Woollen Manufactory Halfpenny, 1793, payable at shrewsbury + +, 11.04g (cf. DH 19-23). Fine; an interesting curiosity £50-70
Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Westwood’s Farthing, 1792, arms, rev. woolpack, edge grained, 6.21g/6h (DH 28). Usual die flaw on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine and patinated, rare £70-90
Hammer Price: £45
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Three Shillings and Sixpence, 1788, in silver, bust right, rev. barge sailing left, fine silver around, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 15.58g/12h (DH Warwickshire 337). Cleaned in the past, with associated surface marks and a reverse edge knock at 3 o’clock, otherwise good fine, rare £150-200
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence, 1787 (15), reading master. (6), 13.99g/12h (DH Warwickshire 340), 14.49g/12h (DH 343), 13.98g/12h (DH 344), 14.01g/12h (DH 345), 13.79g/11h (DH 346), 14.20g/12h (DH 348); reading master· (7), 14.09g/12h (DH 350), 14.13g/12h (DH 351), 13.91g/12h (DH 352), 14.10g/12h (DH 353), 13.99g/12h (DH 356), 14.09g/12h (DH 360), 14.27g/11h (DH 361); no period after master (2), 14.45g/12h (DH 365), 14.24g/12h (DH 366) [15]. DH 345, 353 and 365...
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1787, bust right, queue tucked up into truncation, no stop after master, rev. man at forge, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 13.94g/12h (DH – [obv. unpublished, Warwickshire 349 rev.]). Minor scuffing in fields, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £50-100
Hammer Price: £85
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpenny, 1787, bust right, reads master·, rev. man at forge, from the die of fine work with semi-circular window at the back of the forge, edge willey snedshill bersham bradley, 14.16g/12h (DH Warwickshire 359). Extremely fine, attractive dark chocolate patina and reflective surfaces, scarce £60-80
Hammer Price: £100
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (17), 1788 (7), revs. barge, 13.96g/11h (DH Warwickshire 336), forge (6), reading master· (4), 13.98g/12h (DH 375), 13.77g/12h (DH 376), 14.05g/12h (DH 377), 13.91g/12h (DH 380), no period after master (2), 13.79g/12h (DH 382), 14.80g/12h (DH 384); 1790 (10), revs. forge (5), reading master· (2), 14.43g/6h (DH 385), 14.25g/12h (DH 386), no period after master (3), 12.17g/6h (DH 387), 13.96g/6h (DH 387a), 11.71g/6h (DH 388), Vulcan...
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (9), 1791 (4), revs. Vulcan seated, 12.53g/12h (DH Warwickshire 432), 12.57g/12h (DH 433), 12.34g/12h (DH 436), 12.46g/12h (DH 438); 1792 (5), revs. forge, 11.64g/6h (DH 389), Vulcan seated (4), 10.81g/6h (DH 448), 11.18g/6h (DH 449), 10.74g/6h (DH 450), london edge, 10.15g/6h (DH 450a) [9]. DH 389 virtually as struck and bronzed, DH 433 about extremely fine, DH 436 very fine, DH 448 extremely fine with glossy brown patina, others...
Shropshire, Willey and Snedshill, John Wilkinson, Halfpence (11), 1793 (7), all revs. forge, 11.16g/6h (DH Warwickshire 393), 11.94g/6h (DH 393a), 11.29g/6h (DH 394), 10.36g/6h (DH 394a), 9.70g/6h (DH 411a), 11.32g/12h (DH 415), 9.76g/6h (DH 416); 1795 (4), 11.07g/6h (DH 420), 11.47g/6h (DH 421), 12.02g/12h (DH 422), 10.23g/6h (DH 423) [11]. DH 393a virtually as struck and bronzed, DH 422 extremely fine and bronzed, DH 420 good very fine, others in varied state, last very rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £220
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