Pennies19th CenturyCornwall (2) 1812 West Wheal Mine, Obverse: View of St. Michael's Mount, Reverse: Prince of Wales feathers, Davis 16, VF with some contact marks, Rare, 1812 County Penny Obverse: Crowned Arms with supporters, Reverse: PENNY PIECE in centre, SUCCUSS TO THE CORNISH MINERS 1812, Davis 12, Good Fine with some thin scratches and some small verdigris spots
Penny18th CenturySuffolk - Bury 1794 Obverse: Bust left in a cocked hat CHARLES MARQUIS CORNWALLIS, Reverse: Figure of Fame, standing between implements of war. HIS FAME RESOUNDS FROM EAST TO WEST, Edge: VALUE ONE PENNY AT P. DECKS POST OFFICE 1794, DH4, UNC with glossy fields and traces of lustre
Halfpennies18th CenturySomerset (6) Bath 1794 Obverse: The Arms and supporters of the city of Bath, date below, W.GYE PRINTER & STATIONER BATH, Reverse: A female seated, instructing a boy with a key to unlock the prison doors, GO FORTH radiated, REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN ILCHESTER GOAL, Edge: PAYABLE AT W.GYE'S PRINTER BATH, DH34, EF with a planchet clip obscuring most of BATH on the edge, Bath undated, Obverse: Bust left IOHN HOWARD F.R.S. HALFPENNY, Reverse: A female seated, instructing a boy with a key to unlock the prison doors, GO FORTH radiated, REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL, Edge: PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL, DH36c,NEF, Bath undated, Bust left IOHN HOWARD F.R.S. HALFPENNY, Reverse: A female seated, instructed a boy with a key to unlock the prison doors, GO FORTH radiated, REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN GOAL, Edge: PAYABLE AT LONDON OR DUBLIN, DH6d,GVF/NEF, Bath undated, Bath City Token, Obverse: View of a chapel, KENSINGTON CHAPEL, Reverse: The Arms and supporters of Bath, in a sunken oval, Plain edge, DH76, NEF, Bristol undated, Obverse: Arms of Bristol within a circle, PROSPERITY TO THE CITY OF BRISTOL, Reverse: A Figure of Galen, I. CHESTER. DRUGGIST AND CHYMIST, Plain edge, DH90, About VF, Bristol 1795 date over weak higher date, Obverse: A large bale marked N H B No.1 , leopard above, GENERAL COMMIDSION & PUBLIC SALE ROOM BRIDGE STREET BRISTOL, no stop at end of legend, Reverse: Figure of Justice standing, dividing date, PAYABLE AT NIBLOCK & HUNTER'S, DH100, VF, Cornwall - Penryn 1794 Obverse: A shield of Arms, PRO REGE ET POPULO, Exergue: LORD DE DUNSTANVILLE COLONEL in two lines, Reverse: A laureated bust, PENRYN VOLUNTEERS Exergue: FIRST INROLLD APRIL 3. 1794, DH4, About EF
Halfpenny18th CenturyCornwall - Penryn 1794 Obverse: Shield of Arms, Reverse: A Laureate Bust on a shield, PENRYN VOLUNTEERS on a ribbon, DH4 About EF with some edge nicks
Pennies19th Century (3) Staffordshire 1812 Cheadle Copper & Brass Company Withers 667 GVF with uneven tone and some unevenness to the surfaces, Suffolk - Bury (2) Charles Marquis Cornwallis (2) undated DH4 VF and GVF, along with Augustus Cove, Londonmedalet in the style of an 18th CenturyHalfpenny Token 27mm diameter and in copper, die axis upright, Augustus Cove a dealer in China and Glass, was criminally and unjustly treated by the Grand Junction Canal Company. The sorry tale began when Cove took a lease on a wharf at Paddington basin. What followed is told in Cove's book which is named on the medalet. The second edition of the book ran to 185 pages. Obverse: BEWARE OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMP.Y SOME OF WHOSE FRAUD, OPPRESSION, PERJURY, FORGERY, & ROBBERY &Ca, ARE SET FORTH IN ...Reverse: .AUGUSTUS COVE'S PUBLICATIONS. ENTITLED THE TOCSIN SOUNDED OR THE BULL TAKEN BY THE HORNS &c TO BE HAD OF THE BOOKSELLERS Lustrous About UNC toning, with a few spots
Penny18th CenturySuffolk - Bury 1794 Obverse: Charles Marquis Cornwallis/Reverse: Figure of Fame, lettered and dated edge DH4 NEF/GVF, along with Halfpennies 18th Century (9) Suffolk - Hoxne 1795 DH33a Obverse: Yeoman/Reverse: Castle within a garter NVF. Suffolk - Bury St. Edmundsundated Obverse: Shield of Arms/ Reverse: a cypher PD above a crown, between palm and laurel branches DHDH25 VF. Suffolk - Lowestoft 1795 Obverse: Bathing machines in the water/Reverse: Men in a boat fishing, DH37 About VF once cleaned. Essex - Colchester 1794 Obverse: Colchester Castle, design runs to the edge of the flan//Reverse: A loom DH10 Near VF. Hampshire - Southampton 1791 Obverse: Sr. Bevois Southampton/Reverse: Shield of Arms DH89 VF/GF. Shropshire - Shrewsbury 1794 Woollen Manufactory Obverse: Shield of Arms/ Reverse: Woolpack, Edge: Payable at London, Liverpool or Bristol DH25d GVF with some lustre. Middlesex 1795 Kilvington's, Obverse: Bust left, with top of wreath under J/ Reverse: Britannia seated left, BRUNSWICK HALFPENNY DH346 Good Fine, the reverse a little better. Middlesex - National Series undated - Obverse: Prince of Wales/ Reverse: Royal Arms with the Prince of Wales motto, edge Payable at London or Dublin DH953a NVF/GF. Middlesex - Mail Coach undated Obverse: A Mail coach travelling/ Reverse: legend in eight lines DH363 NVF
Pennies19th Century (12) Cornwall 1811 Cornish Penny Withers 700 VF, Devon 1811 Tavistock - Devon Mines Withers 1130 VF or better with old lacquering, Somerset (2) Bath 1811 Withers 22 Good Fine, Bristol 1811 Bust of George III Withers 416 GVF with a few small spots, Gloucestershire - Cheltenham 1812 J.Bishop and Co. Withers 673 Good Fine, Northumberland - Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1811 Bewicke Main Colliery Withers 885 NVF, Worcestershire (2) Worcester 1811 T.Wood and Co. Withers 860 VF, Lye 1811 J.Forrest and Co. Obverse draped bust of George III Withers 855 GVF, Surrey - Weybridge 1812 Weybridge Mills, I.Bunn & Co. Withers 1200 EF stained on the obverse. Staffordshire - Walsall 1811 Fletcher & Sharratt Withers 1150 VF the reverse with scratches. Suffolk - Lowestoft 1811 I.Chaston Withers 850 NVF with some spots. Durham - Stockport 1813 Christopher & Jennett, Tees Bridge Withers 1115 GF/NVF, an interesting and varied group
CornwallPenny Tokens 1811 (2) County issue, Scorrier House, copper with PAYABLE IN CASH NOTES legend VG, another in white metal ? Weighing only 13.39 grammes Fine, France 5 Francs Aluminium 1947 KM#888.b1 Fine, BristolPenny Token 1811 NEF, as part of a group of mixed tokens includes 18th and 19th Century, machine tokens and some Greece pre-Euro issues, and a set of Queen Mother cupro-nickelCrowns (6) these in mixed grades
Pennies19th Century (21) a varied and useful group, Gloucestershire Sedbury undated Withers 970 Reverse Ironworks building, overstruck on another Penny token issue (underlying piece clearly shows an 1813 date) Fine, Shropshire 1813 Halesowen, The Workhouse Withers 748 EF with a trace of lustre, Surrey 1812 Weybridge I.Bunn & co. Withers 1200 VF, Worcestershire 1811 Lye Forge, Nail and Trace Manufactory Withers 855/6 VF/EF, Yorkshire 1812 Sheffield FOR PUBLIC ACCOMODATION Withers 170/1 GVF, Dublin (3) 1813 E.Stephens, 1816 Wellington and Erin Go Bragh, 1820 Withers 1941, Non-local 1815 Withers 1952 overstruck with traces of the 1813 date and harp on the understrike, VG to Good Fine, Somerset (2) Bath 1811 Withers 18 Good Fine, Taunton updated Withers 1125 Good Fine, Bristol (2) 1811 Patent Sheathing Nail Manufacturers Withers 464 Near Fine, 1811 Withers 522A VF, Devon (3) 1811 Withers 1130, 1811 Withers 1133, 1811 Withers 1135 VF to EF, Cornwall (3) 1812 Withers 675, 1812 Withers 677, undated Cornish Mount Withers 675/7 Near Fine to NVF, Warwickshire (2) Birmingham and Sheffield Copper Company 1812 Withers 172 GEF with an attractive underlying tone, 19th Century Warwickshire Rose Copper Company 1812 Withers 277 EF, Penny 19th Century Yorkshire Sheffield 1813 Withers 988 Overseers of the Poor, view of Workhouse NVF
A mixed group 18th and 19th Century (9) comprising Yorkshire 1813 Phoenix Ironworks EF, Halfpenny Yorkshire Sheffield 1812 Nelson/Victory VF, Staffordshire 1812 Job Wilkes Darleston Lustrous EF, Warwickshire 1796 Union Mills/Cornucopia F scarce, Suffolk Bury 1794 Bust of Cornwallis EF, also Pennies 19th Century New Zealand (2) S.Hague Smith Ironmonger Auckland undated KM#Tn63 VF, 1858 Professor Holloway KM#Tn278 Good Fine, Colliery Mine and Lime Kiln Tickets (2) Hensingham Crest of the Lawson and Brayton family, two arms supporting the sun, VF the first in copper, the second in brass with hole
Penny 19th CenturyCornwall 1811 FOR THE ACCOMODATION OF THE COUNTY /Fish a copy with 1947 in the field EF, HalfpennyIsle of Wight 1792 Robert Bird Wilkins VF, Tokens 17th Century (6) Lincoln 1666 William Kelsey NVF, Hitchin 1663 Joseph Baker Fine, Buckingham 1668 John Rennals About Fine, 1664 Henry Warner Fine, 1667 Sheffield name not visible VG, Rose Farthing VG holed
Penny 1811 Cornwall Scorrier House Davis 23 tin aligns to A, Good Fine with pitted surfaces, USA Half Dollars 1964 (14, one a Proof FDC) in mixed grades to GEF
19th Century, Cornwall (9) Pennies including Scorrier House (D18 & 25A), Cornish Mines, W.Wheal Mine (D.17), County Penny together with D.14, 20. Good fine and better.
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