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3 October 2019
CORNWALL, Camborne, Dolcoath Mine, Lord de Dunstanville, Penny, legend around value, rev. arms and supporters, ducal crown above, edge centre-grained, 19.00g/12h (W 680). Light spotting on obverse, otherwise virtually as struck and most attractively patinated £120-£150
Hammer Price: £170
CORNWALL, Redruth, Scorrier House, John Williams, Penny, 1811, pumping engine, rev. tin ingots and pilchard, edge grained, 21.10g/6h (W 685). Trifling marks in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck with reflective surfaces, the reverse proof-like; the best specimen seen by the cataloguer £120-£150
CUMBERLAND, Whitehaven, Wilson Bragg, Farthing, 1812, 3.49g/6h (Farthing 5.11; W 1205); William Kitchen, Farthing, 1812, 4.18g/5h (Farthing 5.12; W 1208, this piece illustrated) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine with a hint of original colour and attractive reflective surfaces, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £260
Co Durham, Kibblesworth (?), BMC, Halfpenny or check, monogram, rev. ship, 7.01g/6h (W 1691; D & W 283/15; cf. DNW T6, 630). About extremely fine, patinated, very rare; far superior to the Withers plate piece £60-£80
Hammer Price: £240
Co DURHAM, Kibblesworth, Harrison, Cooke & Co, Penny, 1811, ship at coal staith, rev. value, edge grained, 17.80g/12h (W 885). Extremely fine, obverse with considerable original colour but one or two trifling carbon specks in field, reverse with most attractive reflective patina £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
Co DURHAM, Kibblesworth, Harrison, Cooke & Co, Specimen Penny, 1811, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 17.70g/12h (W 885a; cf. DNW 153, 2402). Some spotting in obverse field, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £100
Co DURHAM, South Shields, Francis Robinson, Farthing, 1814, bust left, rev. ship, edge plain, 3.26g/6h (W 1075). Metal fault in centre, otherwise good very fine and patinated, scarce £50-£70
Hammer Price: £90
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Bristol Brass & Copper Co, Proof Penny, 1811, arms and crest, no lines below portcullis, rev. value around cypher, edge neatly grained, 18.57g/12h (W 436a, this piece illustrated). Spot above r of copper, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck with radial toning at centres, extremely rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Bristol Brass & Copper Co, Proof Penny, 1811, arms and crest, horizontal lines below portcullis, rev. value around outlined cypher, edge neatly grained, 18.58g/12h (W – [dies of 441]). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare £200-£260
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Bristol Brass & Copper Co, Penny, 1811, similar, but tops of masts almost equal in height, loopholes above doorway plain, rev. similar, edge grained, 18.97g/12h (W 443 [not seen]). Extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £140
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Bristol Brass & Copper Co, Halfpenny, 1811, arms and crest, rev. value around outlined cypher, edge neatly grained, 10.14g/12h (W 451). Extremely fine with original colour, most attractive £90-£120
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory [Samuel Guppy], First issue, Pennies, 1811 (3), 18.86g/12h (W 460), 18.63g/12h (W 463), 16.64g/12h (W 464) [3]. Very fine and better, last rare £50-£70
Hammer Price: £50
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory [Samuel Guppy], First issue, Halfpence (5), all ship with flag at right, 9.24g/12h (W 471), 9.65g/12h (W 471a), 9.44g/12h (W 472), 9.44g/12h (W 473), 6.91g/12h (W 479); Farthing, 3.67g/12h (W 490) [6]. W 490 extremely fine with dark patina, W 479 about very fine and octagonally clipped, unusual, others very fine and patinated £60-£80
Hammer Price: £130
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory, Samuel Guppy, Second issue, Penny, 1811, ship sailing left, boat at stern, rev. payable by s guppy bristol around value, edge grained, 20.43g/12h (W 506). Die flaw on reverse, about extremely fine and patinated, very rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £180
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, perhaps Ricketts, Evans & Co [Phoenix Flint Glass Works], Penny, 18.26g/12h (W 1610, struck over Patent Sheathing Nail Manufactory Penny); issuer uncertain, Bristol and South Wales Penny, 1811, with portcullis, 17.65g/12h (W 518) [2]. First good very fine and patinated with clear undertypes, second extremely fine with original colour, rare £80-£100
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, issuer uncertain, Bristol and South Wales, Proof Penny, 1811, City arms within garter, crest above, tops of 1s in date slope, 6 stays at right of main-mast, rev. Prince of Wales’ feathers, broken b in bristol, edge centre-grained right, 18.22g/12h (W – [dies of 522a]). Very light spotting, otherwise virtually as struck with much original colour, brilliant fields and sharp rims, extremely rare; by far the finest Bristol and South Wales Penny seen by the...
Hammer Price: £440
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, issuer uncertain, Bristol and South Wales Pennies, 1811 (2), both without portcullis, 18.51g/12h (W 540), 18.15g/12h (W 542) [2]. First extremely fine with a little original colour, second good fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £80
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, issuer uncertain, Halliday’s Pennies, 1811 (3), 18.01g/12h (W 415), 18.54g/12h (W 416), 22.94g/12h (W 418, this piece illustrated) [3]. W 415 about extremely fine, others extremely fine and better, W 416 with glossy reflective surfaces, W 418 with considerable original colour £120-£150
Hammer Price: £95
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, issuer uncertain, Halliday’s Penny, 1811, bust of George III right, rev. City arms and supporters, edge centre-grained, 22.20g/12h (W 417, this piece illustrated). Extremely fine with diffused original colour, very rare £80-£100
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, issuer uncertain, Halliday’s Penny, 1811, similar, but towers with no flags, edge plain, 21.75g/12h (W 419). Virtually as struck with much original colour and sharp rims, most attractive, rare £80-£100
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, issuer uncertain, Halliday’s Penny, 1811, similar, but one stay from ship to castle, edge plain, 22.10g/12h (W 425). Toning spot over first two digits of date, otherwise virtually as struck, obverse with considerable original colour, very rare £90-£120
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Cheltenham, John Bishop & Co, Penny, 1812, 19.34g/6h (W 673); Sedbury, ‘Sedbury Ironworks’, Penny, 19.18g/6h (W 970) [2]. First about very fine, second good very fine and rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £40
NORFOLK, Norwich, Robert Blake, Twopence, shuttle, rev. city arms, 45.47g/6h (W 910). Extremely fine with considerable original colour; the best specimen seen by the cataloguer £150-£200
Hammer Price: £340
NORFOLK, Tunstead and Happing, Corporation House, Specimen Penny, 1812, legend around value, rev. wheatsheaf, edge centre-grained, 21.69g/12h (W 1140). Virtually as struck with original colour and reflective fields, very rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £420
NORFOLK, Tunstead and Happing, Corporation House, Halfpenny, 1812, similar, edge centre-grained, 11.45g/12h (W 1141). Virtually as struck and attractively patinated £50-£70
Hammer Price: £45
NORTHUMBERLAND, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, John Elliott, Farthings (3), 1814 (2), 2.53g/5h (W 888), 3.06g/5h (W 889), undated, 3.34g/6h (W 891) [3]. Last extremely fine with sharp rims, others very fine £40-£60
Hammer Price: £55
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Newark, Thomas Stansall, Charles Moore, Richard Fisher, William Fillingham, William Readett and Thomas Wilson, Proof Penny, 1811, in gilt-copper, castle, River Trent in foreground, rev. legend around names of issuers, edge neatly centre-grained, 18.41g/6h (W – [dies of 881]). Light spotting on reverse, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, of the highest rarity, most attractive; perhaps only two others known [Bliss, lot 882 and Cokayne I, lot 3299] £400-£600
Hammer Price: £700
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham, J.M. Fellows & Co, Penny, 1813, town arms, rev. Nottingham Castle, edge centre-grained, 21.42g/6h (W 946). Extremely fine and attractively patinated £70-£90
SHROPSHIRE, Halesowen, Workhouse, Penny, 1813, frontal elevation of St Mary’s church, rev. mounted yeoman cantering left, edge centre-grained, 23.96g/12h (W 748). Extremely fine and attractively patinated £80-£100
Hammer Price: £150
SOMERSET, Wiveliscombe, R. North & Co, Threepence, 1814, legend, rev. female seated on beehive, edge centre-grained, 58.25g/12h (W 1227). Obverse with surface marks, otherwise very fine, reverse good very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £300
SOMERSET, Wiveliscombe, W. Temlett and J. Clarke, Twopence, 1811, legend around for 120 tokens, etc, rev. female seated left on bee-hive, cow standing behind, edge centre-grained, 44.17g/6h (W 1230). Some obverse rim faults and minor scratches on reverse, otherwise very fine £60-£80
SOMERSET, Wiveliscombe, W. Temlett and J. Clarke, Penny, legend around for 240 tokens, etc, rev. similar, edge centre-grained, 21.74g/6h (W 1233). Extremely fine, obverse partly toned, reverse with a hint of original colour £120-£150
Hammer Price: £320
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, James Atherton, Penny, 1813, 18.83g/10h (W 33); Samuel Fereday, Second series, Penny, 1812, 27.25g/12h (W 61) [2]. First fine, second extremely fine and attractively patinated £70-£90
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, Samuel Fereday, Second series, Specimen Penny, 1812, legend around value, rev. legend in 4 lines, edge neatly grained, 25.54g/12h (W 64a). A few light spots, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck with reflective fields, extremely rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £360
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, Samuel Fereday, Second series, Penny, 1812, similar, edge neatly grained, 28.24g/12h (W 67). Extremely fine with much original colour, scarce £90-£120
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, Samuel Fereday, Second series, Specimen Halfpenny, 1812, legend around value, rev. legend in four lines, edge neatly grained, 11.93g/12h (W 87). Spot by h of half, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck with much original colour and reflective fields, very rare £200-260
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, George Rushbury and Edward Woolley, Twopence, 1811, 40.33g/12h (W 89), Pennies (2), both 1811, 22.56g/12h (W 99), 19.98g/12h (W 110, this piece illustrated) [3]. First very fine but with ‘195’ scratched on reverse, second good fine, last with die cracks on obverse and a small scratch behind head, otherwise extremely fine and scarce £100-£150
Hammer Price: £160
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, George Rushbury and Edward Woolley, Penny, 1811, bust of George III right, rev. elevation of the Royal Exchange, edge plain, 20.29g/12h (W 102). Extremely fine with original colour, rare £100-£150
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, George Rushbury and Edward Woolley, Pennies, 1811 (2), 20.94g/6h (W 112a), 18.34g/6h (W 146) [2]. First about extremely fine with chocolate patina, very rare, second good fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £60
STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, George Rushbury and Edward Woolley, Penny, 1811, bust of George III right, rev. elevation of the Royal Exchange, stop after bilston, edge plain, 20.29g/12h (W 117, this piece illustrated). Extremely fine with much original colour, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £190
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