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Nottingham/Shropshire, Donald and Co., pattern halfpenny 1792, man working in loom, 29 Bull Street Birmingham 1792, man with inclined plane at Ketley 1789 reverse (Shropshire D&H 9). Attractive medium brown patina, extremely fine or about as struck and probably unique.
Estimate $8,000
Passed in
Eightenth century tokens, Edinburgh halfpenny, 1792 (DH.23-46); Lancashire, Rochdale, halfpennies, 1792 (DH.143-147); also, a gaming token, ninetenth century. Good - good fine. (3)
Estimate $30
Passed in
Great Britain, Imitation Regal halfpennies, 1770-1790, crudely struck variations of genuine regal coins, with changes to avoid charges of forgery, Alfred / Britons (Atkins 2); Charles Fox / Harp (Atkins 32); George Rules / Harp (Atkins 168); Gregory III Pon / Britannia (Atkins 367); Shakespeare / Britannia (Atkins 434). Weakly struck otherwise very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Cornwall, Dolcoath Mine, Cornish Penny, rev. Coat of Arms (Davis Cornwall 14). Extremely fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Essex, Walthamstow, British Copper Company, penny 1812 (Davis 4); Walthamstow, Britannia, halfpenny 1811 (Davis 17-26); Walthamstow, Brutus, halfpenny (Davis 30-33). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Middlesex, Pidcock, Ape / Two-headed cow, halfpenny 1801 (Davis 56); Middlesex, R. Warren, bust, halfpenny (Davis 63). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Norfolk, Norwich, Robert Blake Cotton and Bombazine Manufacturer, twopence 1811, obv. Arms, rev. shuttle (Davis 17). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Somerset, Bath, Whitchurch and Dore, penny 1811, (Davis 73); Bristol, Ship, halfpenny (Davis 113); Bristol, bust of George III, penny (Davis 75-80); Bristol Brass and Copper Co., penny 1811 (Davis 81-87); Bristol and South Wales, Arms and Portcullis, penny 1811 (Davis 97-102). Extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $130
Staffordshire, Bilston, bust of George III, 1811 penny, (Davis 63); Cheadle Copper and Brass Co. 1812 penny, (Davis 81-83); Walsall, Fletcher and Sharratt, 1811 penny (Davis 106); West Bromwich, James Cooksey, 1812 penny (Davis 118). Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Warwickshire, Birmingham, threepence 1813, view of workhouse (Davis 34). Extremely fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Warwickshire, Union Copper Co., penny 1812, (Davis 65-66); Birmingham and South Wales, penny 1812, (Davis 87-91); Rose Copper Co., penny 1811, (Davis 94-97). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Worcestershire, Dudley, Richard Wallace, penny 1811 (Davis 6); Worcester, City and Council, penny 1811 (Davis 14-23). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Yorkshire, Bradford, BRADFORD WORKHOUSE counterstamped on a Union Copper Co. penny 1812, (Davis 50); another counterstamped KEIGHLEY three times (Davis 51). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Yorkshire, Hull, lead works, penny 1812 (Davis 88); Picard Lead Works, halfpenny 1812 (Davis 95-98); Sheffield, workhouse, penny 1813 (Davis 126-133). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
Wales, Carmarthenshire, W. Griffiths and Co., penny 1812 (Davis 4-7); Flintshire, Flint, lead works, penny 1813, (Davis 7-15). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Wales, Glamorganshire, Swansea, Nantrhydnyvilas Air Furnace Co., Penny 1813 (Davis 18-19). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
George III - Elizabeth II, assorted minting medals, checks, canteen tokens, India, Nepal (15), passes, Majority British, Greenwood & Batley (Bombay), Pope, Taylor & Challen, including WM. Till and J. Henry tokens, Sydney Mint George V medal in bronze, A. McP. Kilgour, described on nine album pages and W.J. Noble Collection lot 1162 Sale 61B card; India includes Pridmore 171a,b, 174, weight 178.12 grains. Very good - uncirculated. (150)
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $5,500
Dutch, Charles II, gilt electrotype of a Reward For Services medal, 1660, obv. bust of King facing right, wearing armour, around, CAROLUS II. D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET HIB. REX., rev. three crowns within branches of laurel and palm, around PROPTER STRENVITATEM ET FIDELITATEM REBVS IN ADVERSIS, chain-border, (75mm). Extremely fine, in original box.
Estimate $200
SOLD $360
Accession of George III, 1760, bronze (35mm) by Kirk, (BHM 4, Eimer 684); Coronation 1761, bronze (24mm)(BHM 35); Coronation 1761, bronze (25mm)(BHM 47); Birth of Duke of Gloucester 1763, brass (20mm)(c.f. BHM 87). Very fine - extremely fine.(4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Capitulation of Valenciennes (1793), white metal by Mainwaring, part of the campaign to contain Revolutionary France, bust of Frederick Duke of York, rev. legend, (BHM 368, Eimer 850). Very fine/ nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Prince of Wales and Duke of Clarence, Masonic Grand Master and Grand President, 1802, in bronze (42mm) by J.G.Hancock (BHM 530, Eimer 937), obverse, conjoined busts draped, right, reverse, masonic symbols within two oval medallions, divided by the Prince of Wales Plumes and the Arms of the Duke of Clarence, Fame flying above. With a spot of verdigris over AL in Wall on obverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Boulton's Trafalgar Medal, 1805, in white metal (47mm) (BHM 584), together with original tin shells. Oxidation around rim and shells with oxidation and dents, otherwise the medal very fine and scarce with shells. (3)
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar (1805), bronze gilt (39mm), uniformed bust facing left (BHM 581); Nelson's Flagship Foudroyant (1897), bronze (37mm)(BHM 3613); Borough of Nelson Carter Day (1890), white metal (32mm); group of six medals for Nelson Centenary 1905, including one from Ottawa; Nelson copper (1915), British and Foreign Sailors Society. The first very fine, others good very fine - nearly extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Death of George III, 1820, white metal (41 mm) by Marrian, (BHM 997); another in white metal, (40mm) by T. Wyon, (BHM 1001); another in bronze (27mm) (BHM 1005). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $40
SOLD $60
Coronation of George IV, 1821, white metal, 49mm by Halliday, (BHM 1073); Bronze (22mm) (BHM 1081, RR); another in white metal (34mm) by Hancock (BHM 1085, RR); another in white metal (46mm) by Wells (BHM 1097); another in bronze (25mm) (BHM 1109); Death of Duke of York, 1827, bronze (25mm) (BHM 1291A). Nearly extremely fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $550
Lord Combermere, Surrender of Bhartpur, 1826, white metal (42mm) by Faulkner, obv. Bust, rev. Plan of military positions, (BHM 1263). Brilliant lustre, extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Death of George Canning, 1827, brass 26mm, (BHM 1300); Earl Grey appointed Prime Minister 1830, bronze 22mm, (BHM 1442); Birmingham Political Union 1830, white metal 43mm by Jones, (BHM 1452, R); Death of Sir Robert Peel 1850, white metal 39mm, (BHM 2396); Death of Benjamin Disraeli 1881, white metal 40mm; Marquis of Salisbury Prime Minister 1885, white metal 29mm by Barnett and Scott. Very fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Death of George IV, 1830, white metal 45mm by Bain, (BHM 1367); another in white metal 45mm by Halliday, (BHM 1375); a third in white metal 51mm, (BHM 1391). Nearly extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Accession of William IV, 1830, white metal 45mm by Halliday, (BHM 1416, R); another in white metal 36mm by Ingram (BHM 1421, R); a third in silvered bronze 25mm, (BHM 1429); Coronation of William IV, 1831, white metal 55mm, by Ingram, (BHM 1484); another in white metal 53mm by Ingram (holed) (BHM 1486); Death of William IV, 1837, in white metal 36mm by Ingram, (BHM 1723); small medalets (3) (BHM 1724, 1725 RR, 1730). Very fine - nearly extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Reform Bill 1832, bronze 51mm by Wyon, issued by the Corporation of London (BHM 1603); Anti-Corn Law League 1840, white metal 54mm by Taylor, "CORN MONOPOLY: A NATIONS CURSE" (BHM 1972). Extremely fine, very fine.(2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110