Catalogue
Middlesex, Spence's Halfpenny, END OF PAIN with a man hanging on a gibbet with a church in the distance, reverse MAY THE KNAVE OF JACOBIN CLUBS NEVER GET A TRICK, (D&H 831a). Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $480
Middlesex, Spence's Halfpenny, BEFORE THE REVOLUTION, obverse, man sitting in prison gnawing a bone, reverse, a guillotine and part of a house, (D&H 855a). Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Middlesex, Spence's Halfpenny, Spence's Glorious Plan (D&H 676), obverse, sunburst and legend, reverse, cornucopia and scales; Spence's Farthing, obverse, ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MAN, reverse, pig trampling on a Crown and Crozier, (D&H 1117). Extremely fine (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Worcestershire, Dudley, Spence's Halfpenny, obverse, Caduceus and legend WE WERE BORN FREE AND WILL NEVER DIE SLAVED, reverse, view of Dudley Castle, edge SPENCE DEALER IN COINS LONDON, (D&H 11). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Worcestershire, Dudley, Spence's Halfpenny, obverse, ODD FELLOWS, conjoined busts of George III and an Ass, reverse, view of Dudley Castle, edge milled (D&H 17a). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Queen Victoria, tokens for To Hanover, 1830 (2), 1837 (26), 1838, 1861, 1864, 1869; Keep Your Temper, undated (2), 1849; Prince of Wales Model Half Sovrn, undated (2), 1854 (2), 1869, 1874, another different reverse design, 1849; Prince of Wales plumes and Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (2, one bronze, and one white metal); another token featuring double eagle on reverse; except for one white metal, all in bronze or gilt bronze with many different die types and some different sizes for the same token. An interesting collection, six with pierced hole at top, otherwise good - good very fine. (45)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Co-Operative Society checks, Goole (3), Lewes, Portsea Island, Ricall, Trenton (3), Scottish. Fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society, checks, 1/2d - £2, all metal except the last plastic. Fine - extremely fine. (59)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Tokens, Universal Aircraft Ltd, Factory Token 'No 3', brass (24mm); another, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Co Ltd factory token '7982', bronze (30mm), both holed for suspension. Fine - very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Scotland, Robert II, (1371-90), groat (S.5136), reverse, VILLA DE PERTh. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Scotland, Mary, (1542-67), first period, 1542-58, bawbee (S.5432) (2); Charles I (1625-49), third coinage, 1637-42, type V, twenty shillings, Earl of Stirling coinage, 1632-39, twopence (S.5591, 5599) (2). One of the first two with edge loss and cracks, poor - fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Scotland, Charles I, (1625-49), third coinage, 1637-42, forty pence, lozenges above and below XL and B above crown on reverse (S.5575), another but with large XL and die axis upset 180 degrees. The second creased, otherwise good; the first fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Scotland, William and Mary, (1689-94), ten shillings, 1691 large shield, Scottish crown, Gratia, large 10 below bust and J type 1 in date (S.5659). Fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Scotland, James VIII, (1688-1766, the Old Pretender), silver crown, 1716, struck in 1828 by Matthew Young. Faint evenly spread edge cuts and edge filing as made, grey toned, brilliant, nearly FDC and very rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,100
Ireland, Elizabeth I - George III, penny (S.6510 or 6510A), halfpenny 1601 (S.6511), sixpence, undated (S.6517), Bank of Ireland coinage, thirty pence, 1805 (S.6616A), also a forgery in copper (cfS.6616A), ten pence, 1805 (S.6617), five pence, 1805 (S.6619). Fair - fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Ireland, James I - George II, farthings, undated (1603-25) (S.6522), 1723 Woods Hibernia (S.6604), 1738 (S.6608), 1744 (S.6609), 1760 (S.6611), 1806 (S.6622) (5). Good - very fine. (11)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Ireland, Charles II - George IV, copper pennies, 1805 (2) (S.6620) and 1823 (S.6623), penny tokens George IV Irelands Advocate, also Edward Stephens, 1816 and Luke XX, Chapt XXV, 1818; halfpennies, 1680. 1683, 1686, 1693, 1696, 1722 and 1723 Woods Hibernia, 1736, 1741, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1749, 1753, 1760 (2), 1766, 1769 (2), 1775 (2), 1781, 1782 (2), 1805 (2), 1806 (2), 1822 (2), 1823 and unreadable (5). Fair - fine. (42)
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Ireland, James II, Civil War coinage, (1689-91), gunmoney, crown, overstruck on large Gunmoney halfcrown, 1690 (S.6578). Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Ireland, James II, Civil War coinage (1689-91), gunmoney, large size halfcrown, Aug. 1689 (S.6579B); small size halfcrowns, 1690, month indiscernible (S.6581) (2); large size shillings, Aug. and Sept. 1689 (S.6581C, D) and small size, indiscernible (S.-). Good - very good. (6)
Estimate $70
SOLD $150
Ireland, James II, Civil War coinage, (1689-91), gunmoney, large size shilling, Octr. 1689 (S.6581E). Very fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Ireland, James II, Civil War coinage, (1689-91), gunmoney, small size shilling, May 1690 (S.6582D). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Ireland, George II, halfpenny, type III, 1752 (S.6607). Brown with hints of red, extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Ireland, George II, type III, halfpenny, 1750 (S.6607). Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Ireland, George IV, laureate and draped bust, penny, 1822 (S.6623). Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Ireland, Thomas Fisher, Newtonards, Co. Down, twopence, c1740 (Mitch.5279; D.40-3). Fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Ireland, Republic, Irish Free State and Republic issues, 1928-2000, farthing to ten shillings and halfpenny to fifty pence, missing some dates and with duplication. Fine - uncirculated, all housed in a dark blue coin album. (286)
Estimate $400
SOLD $600
Ireland, shilling, 1933, sixpence, 1939, and halfpenny, 1935 (S.6627, 8, 31). Good extremely fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Ireland, Republic, Irish Free State, farthing, 1933 (KM.1), halfpenny, 1933 (KM.2) [illustrated], penny, 1935 (KM.3), threepence, 1935 (KM.4) [illustrated], sixpence, 1935 (KM.5) [illustrated], shilling, 1928 (KM.6), florin, 1935 (KM.7) [illustrated] and halfcrown, 1934 (KM.8) [illustrated]. Very fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,100
Ireland, Republic, farthing, 1953 (KM.9), halfpenny, 1966 (KM.10), penny, 1967 (KM.11), threepences, 1940 and 1968 (KM.12, 12a) (2), sixpences, 1939 and 1968 (KM.13, 13a) (2), shillings, 1939 and 1968 (KM.14, 14a) (2), florins, 1939 and 1966 (KM.15, 15a) (2), halfcrowns, 1942, 1966 and 1961 mule (KM.16, 16a, 17) (3), ten shillings, 1966 (KM.18), fifty pence, 1988 (KM.26). Good very fine - uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
Jersey, Queen Victoria, one thirteenth of a shilling, 1851, 1858, one twenty-sixth of a shilling, 1851 (S.7001, 2). Extremely fine, the last lacquered. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100