Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1316
MIDDLESEX, London, Francis Shakleton, Halfpenny, 1794, PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON on edge, 12h, 9.35g (D&H 477a), with handsome light brown surfaces, lustrous, extremely fine; William Allen, Halfpenny, 1795, PAYABLE IN CHANDOS STREET COVENT GARDEN on edge, 6h, 9.05g (D&H 246), lustrous, hints of red, extremely fine; Chelsea, Halfpenny, 1795, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 9.56g (D&H 277), rub to the higher points, yet lustrous, good very fine; Blackfriar's, Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 10.21g (D&H 257a), flat to the higher points, yet red to the recesses, good very fine/extremely fine; Thomas Hall, Halfpenny, 1795, plain edge, 6h, 8.72g (D&H 313), blue and red tone, lustrous, extremely fine; Philip Astley, Lyceum, Halfpenny, undated, PAYABLE AT LONDON BATH OR MANCHESTER on edge, 12h, 8.94g (D&H 362b), very fine; Basil Burchell, Halfpenny, undated, THIS IS NOT A COIN BUT A MEDAL on edge, 6h, 9.19g (D&H 274), flashes of mint red and lustrous, extremely fine and scarce; Political and Social Series, Erskine and Gibb, Halfpenny, 1794, obliquely milled edge, 12h, 9.62g (D&H 1012), largely mint red, lustrous, extremely fine; another, obliquely milled edge, 12h, 9.62g (D&H 1012), hints of red, lustrous, extremely fine; Dennis, Halfpenny, 1795, PAYABLE AT I DENNIS LONDON on edge, 6h, 8.97g (D&H 297), light contact marking, yet with hints of red, good very fine; William Forster, Halfpenny, 1795, plain edge, 6h, 14.68g (D&H 302), very fine; Eaton's Halfpenny, 1795, obliquely milled edge, 7h, 8.90g (D&H 301), some rub, very fine; Holborn and Clerkenwell, John Skidmore, Halfpenny, 1795, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 9.74g (D&H 480), lustrous, extremely fine; Davidson's Halfpenny, 1795, plain edge, 6h, 10.59g (D&H 295a), flan crack and die flaw to the reverse, otherwise with flashes of red, extremely fine; Cornhill, Richardson Goodluck & Co, Halfpenny, 1795, plain edge, 6h, 11.23g (D&H 467), good very fine; Spence's Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 6h, 9.11g (D&H 842b), dark brown surfaces, extremely fine; Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, 1801, plain edge, 6h, 9.43g (D&H 453), light contact marking, otherwise good very fine; Isaac Earlysman, Farthing, c.1823, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 5.74g (Malpas 27), very fine; another, different dies, obliquely milled edge, 12h, 5.46g (Malpas 29), very fine; National Series, Princess of Wales, Halfpenny, 1795, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 8.56g (D&H 981d), lightly cleaned, yet about extremely fine; James Lackington & James Allen, Halfpenny, 1794, PAYABLE AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES on edge, 6h, 9.55g (D&H 353), soft to the higher points, good very fine; another, as before, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 9.81g (D&H 354), lightly marked, very fine; Political and Social Series, John Horne Tooke, Halfpenny, 1794, plain edge, 6h, 8.85g (D&H 1044b), die flaw to reverse, otherwise very fine; Thomas Spence, Odd Fellows Halfpenny, undated, plain edge, 12h, 6.54g (D&H 804c), die flaw to the obverse, yet hints of mint red, bolder very fine (24)
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Sold for
£350
Starting price
£140