Halfpennies and Farthings 17th Century (14) Kent (4) Chatham Farthing undated William Hardin W.92 VG, Dover Farthing 1651 AT THE LEOPOVLDS W.209/10 Bold Fine, Dover Farthing undated Thomas Fidg W.213 Near Fine, Maidstone Farthing 1656 Ralph Warde W.391 Near Fine, Sussex Midhurst Farthing John Shotter W.137 VG, Berkshire Lambourn Farthing 1652 Henry Knighton W.41 Fair, Essex Romford Halfpenny undated Will Willis W.270 Fair, HampshireAndover 1666 Town - FOR YE POORES BENEFIT W.12 Near Fine, Hertfordshire Royston Farthing James Partrich W.165 Fair, Middlesex Brentford (2) undated Farthing W.C (M) At the King's Arms W.13 Fair, Brentford Farthing 1651 John Moore W.19 VG, Norfolk Diss Halfpenny 1669 Town Arms W.27 VG, Oxfordshire Oxford Farthing 1652 The Mayor, City Arms W.111/2 Fair, Suffolk Stanton Farthing Thomas Goffw W.303 Fair
Penny - Anglesey 1788 25 Acorns, 12 to the left, 13 to the right, Straight 1 and 7 in date, DH224 Bold VF, Penny - Hertfordshire - Sawbridgeworth 1801 Robert Orchard, a modern copy of DH1, About as struck. The original is a celebrated and rare token, of which only 4 examples are believed to exist, the extremely high relief design causing the die to shatter after just a few impressions, London 1809 Covent Garden New Theatre pass uniface in lead, P P . S on reverse (Pit on Prince's side) Fine, Unofficial Farthings (12) London (3) Antill &Son 2330 Fine, pitted, Bovril 2372 Good Fine, Foley & Shoyer 2532 Fine. Lancashire (2) Liverpool - Hellewell 2160 GF/VF, Manchester - Mitchell & Co. 3460 NVF. Norfolk (2) Norwich Dye 4000 Good Fine. Yarmouth - Robert Bumpstead 5252 Fine. Staffordshire - Newcastle under Lyme Josiah Robey 3785 About VF. Suffolk - Lowestoft W.C.Wiseman 3130 VF, Warwickshire - Birmingham T.Gargory 401 NVF officially holed. Ireland (2) Belfast - Ferrar & Taggart 5410 Fine, Dublin - Todd Burns & Co. 6313 Near Fine, along with MedievalJetons (15) in base metal a wide ranging group in mixed grades
Halfpennies18th Century (9) Kent (2) Benenden 1794 Obv: Wheatsheaf/Rev. Shield of Arms, Edge: Thomas Reeves DH4 VF or better. Brookland 1794 Obv: A Kentish horse within a beaded oval/Rev: IK cypher and fleece, Edge: Thomas King, VF with some thin scratches on the reverse. Hertfordshire - Stortford 1795 Obv: Shield of Arms, Crest and motto, Rev: View of a river with barges, Edge: Bishops Stortford (without '&Co.') DH4 VF/GVF. Sussex - Chichester 1794 Obv: Queen Elizabeth I facing/Rev: View of Chichester Cross, Edge PAYABLE AT DALLYS CHICHESTER, DH15 NEF. Lancashire - Lancaster 1794 Obv: Daniel Eccleston/Rev: A ship, Edge: PAYABLE.IN.LANCASTER.LIVERPOOL.&.MANCHESTER DH57 About EF. Warwickshire - Coventry 1793 Obv: Lady Godiva on horseback/Rev: Elephant and castle, no stop at end of legend, tail with wider section in the middle, Edge: PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL, DH238 EF with a few spots. Norfolk - Norwich 1793 Obv: A mounted dragoon/Rev: Norwich Barracks, Edge: IOHN ROOKS NORWICH, DH46 NVF with some spots. Middlesex (2) Chelsea 1795 Obv: A Sailor with a wooden leg presents a petition to Britannia/ Rev: A figure of Hope leans on an anchor, Edge: Milled, DH277,EF with a few small spots. London and Middlesex 1792 Obv: Bust of Shakespeare left/Rev: Female seated holding cornucopia, part of a ship in the distance, Edge: Coarse upright milling, DH928 NVF with a thin scratch on the obverse
Halfpennies18th Century (6) Hampshire - Emsworth 1795 Earl Howe/Sailing ship left, Lancaster, London or Bristol edge DH30 EF, Hertfordshire - Stortford 1795 Shield of Arms, Crest and Motto/View of a river with barges GEF toned, Kent (2) Hawkhurst 1794 CGH cypher and wheatsheaf/Kentish horse in a shield, edge Charles Hider DH30 EF, Lamberhurst 1794 Shield of Arms of Chichester/Shield of Arms of Canterbury DH35 EF, Lincolnshire (2) Spalding 1794 Standing Britannia with Lion below/Demi lion on shield, a cypher within, Demi-lion's tail further from the H of HALFPENNY DH5 GVF, Spalding 1794 Standing Britannia with Lion below/Demi Lion on shield, a cypher within, Demi-lion's tail further from the H of HALFPENNY, edge I.IORDANS SPALDING & HOLBEACH DH6a GEF
17th CenturyHampshire (3) Andover Town 14, Portsmouth Richard Marks 153, Winchester John Cleer 215 all Fine, Hertfordshire (3) Barkway John Kent 17, Royston Thomas Godfrey 164, St. Albans 172/3 VG to Fine, 17th Century Kent (4) Dartford, Robert Capon 130, Robert Taylor 143, Deal James Coston 148, Dymchurch Andrew Clifford 197 Fair to Fine, 17th Century Sussex (8) Arundel Thomas Withers 17, Chichester William Fletcher 44, Thomas Godleman 48, Robert Hichcock 52, Thomas Spatehurst 62, Richard Younge 72, Midhurst Robat Atkinson 128, Robertsbridge Robert Grove 151 Fair to Fine
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