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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 308

Ireland, Cork, Thomas Prattent, Mule Halfpenny, undated, PAYABLE . IN . CORK . OR . DUBLIN . HALFPENNY, J E & Co, cypher, rev. cypher H S & Co. cypher within laurel wreath, edge plain, 6h, 8.81g (D&H 19), lustrous, with hints of red, extremely fine, rare; another, J. E. & Co, Halfpenny, undated, PAYABLE . IN . CORK . OR . DUBLIN . HALFPENNY, J E & Co, cypher, rev., FOR . THE . GOOD . OF . TRADE, woman standing holding an anchor and quadrant, edge plain, 9.23g, 6h, (D&H 18), hints of red, lustrous, extremely fine; Munster, Halfpenny, undated, PEACE AND PROSPERITY, wheatsheaf and sickle, dove either side, rev. FRENCH LIBERTY, seated and uniformed man, gnawing a bone, edge plain, 6h, 11.31g (D&H 15), usual flawing to obverse, lustrous, extremely fine, scarce; Dublin, H. S. & Co, Mule Halfpenny, undated, cypher within laurel wreath rev., PEACE AND PLENTY HALFPENNY, wheatsheaf and sickle, dove either side, edge plain, 6h, 8.88g (D&H 336), some minor contact marking, hints of red and lustrous, extremely fine, scarce; Alexander Cornwell, Halfpenny, 1795, draped bust left, rev. shield, Prince of Wales' plumes above, dividing date, edge plain, 9.07g, 6h (D&H 307), lacquered, with usual die flaw, very fine; LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Mule Halfpenny, undated, LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY, ship sailing right, within laurel wreath, rev. draped and uniformed bust of Earl Howe left, PAYABLE AT DUBLIN CORK OR BELFAST, on edge, 9.04g, 6h (D&H 120b), very fine (6)

Provenance

The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins



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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£110