Lot 237

Description

Liverpool, Thos. Clarke's halfpenny, 1791 (D&H 66, 67,70,71,72,76,77,78,79b, 79c, 79; 83,84a,) 1792 (D&H 96,98,101,102,103,104,104a) 1793 (D&H 105,106,107a (2), 107b,) 1794 (D&H 108, 108e, 108l;) mules (D&H 111a, 113,114,115,118,120b,c,f,121,b,126) also off-centre strike by 20% and crude counterfeit date unclear. Fair-nearly uncirculated, some of the mules very rare. (42)

DYH 67,71,79c, 83,101,104a,113,120b ex J.R. Farnell Collection, 72,76,77,79j,103,108d,108l,120c from F. Schwer in 1984, 102 from R. Gladdle in 1984, 107a ex W.G. Wright Collection, 111a,118,121b ex Myles Gerson Collection, 107 from Gothic Coins in June 1983, 104,107a, 115,120f, 121,126 ex S.V. Hagley Collection, the others acquired in 1960's.