Halfpennies18th CenturyEssex - Braintree 1794 Obverse: Building BRAINTREE & BOCKING HALFPENCE Exergue: MDCCXCIV Reverse: Figure of Hope SUCCESS TO TRADE AND COMMERCE DH4 Near VF, Herefordshire - Hereford 1794 Obverse: An apple tree SUCCESS TO THE CIDER TRADE. HEREFORD HALFPENNY. C.HONIATT's BIRMm WAREHOUSE, Milled edge, DH5, Fine, Kent - Appledore 1794 Obverse: A man carrying a sack to a windmill THE UNION OF APPLEDORE KENT, Reverse: A Lion and Lamb lying together PEACE INNOCENCE AND PLENTY, Edge: PAYABLE AT W.PECKHAM'S APPLEDORE DH3 NVF, Middlesex - Masonic 1790 Obverse: Freemason's Arms PRINCE OF WALES ECTED GM 24 NOV 1790, Reverse: A Cupid and Masonic emblems within a triangle, WISDOM STRENGTH & BEAUTY, SIT LUX ET LUX FUIT, Edge: MASONIC TOKEN J. SKETCHLEY R.A. & P.G.S. BITMINGHAM FECIT, DH372c, Fine, porous, Suffolk (2) Hoxne 1795 Obverse: A dismounted Yeoman leaning against his horse, PRO ARIS ET FOCUS Reverse: A castle within a garter 1795, HOXNE & HARTSMERE . SUFFOLK LOYAL YEOMANRY CAVALRy. Edge: GOD SAVE THE KING & CONSTITUTION DH33a, VF, Blything 1794 Obverse: A mounted Yeoman LOYAL SUFFOLK YEOMANRY Exergue: FIRST TROOP, Reverse: A castle within a garter SUFFOLK 1794 BLYTHING HUNDRED HALFPENNY Edge: GOD SAVE THE KING & CONSTITUTION DH19 VF, Warwickshire - Coventry 1793 Obverse: Godiva, PRO BONO PUBLICO, date in exergue, Reverse: Elephant and castle, COVENTRY HALFPENNY, DH244, Edge: PAYABLE IN BEDWORTH HINCKLEY OR NUNEATON, DH244 VF, Anglesey 1795 Obverse: Druid's Head, Reverse: Britannia seated left, date in exergue RULE BRITANNIA, as DH429 with plain edge, Fine/VG
Halfpennies18th Century (26) North Wales 1793 Edge: PAYABLE AT LONDON OR ANGLESEY DH6a, Good Fine/Near Fine, scarce, Anglesey 1788 25 Acorns Good Fine, Warwickshire (4) Coventry 1793 Godiva/Elephant and Castle DH244 Fine, Coventry Godiva/Ancient Cross date worn. otherwise Fine, Wilkinson 1793 DH397 Edge: PAYABLE BY THOMAS BALL SLEAFORD Fine, 1791 Wilkinson Near Fine, the reverse worn in places, so exact attribution not possible, Cheshire - Macclesfield (5) 1789 Obverse: Beehive and cypher DH10 Fine, 1789 Obverse : Beehive and cypher DH12 Good Fine, 1790 DH22 Fine/Good Fine, 1791 DH30 Fine, 1791 DH41 About Fine, Lancashire (5) Lancaster 1792 DH21 Near Fine, 1794 DH41 Fine, Rochdale DH144 Fine, Liverpool (2) 1791 DH66, Good Fine, some corrosion, 1791 DH71 Near Fine, SomersetBathundated REMEMBER THE DEBTORS IN ILCHESTER GOAL (GOAL a mis-spelling of GAOL) DH35 Good Fine, Middlesex (2) George Prince of Wales, Edge: BRIGHTON CAMP HALFPENNY MDCCXCIV DH952 Good Fine, Lackington's 1795 Edge: PAYABLE AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES DH357 NVF, Hampshire (2) Gosport 1794 DH41 VG, Emsworth 1794 Earl Howe/Britannia DH13 Fine, SussexChichester John Howard 1794 Fair, LothianEdinburgh 1790 DH24 Fine with poor surfaces, Ireland - Wicklow Cronebane Fair, Pennies 19th Century (3) Birmingham and Neath - CrownCopper Co. 1811 Fine, Canada Lower Canada Penny 1837 Fine, the third very worn, Halfpenny 1812 British Naval Halfpenny Nelson/Ship, Fine, Farthing 18th Century North Wales 1793 DH18 Fine, Unofficial Farthing Token Isaac Earlysman - J.Sparrow, Ironmongers London, undated issue (1825) About Fine, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon Death medal 1715 28mm diameter in copper EF, Spain 8 Maravedis 1848 Fine, and Byzantine bronze 29mm diameter with worn design, Fair, all housed in a Lindner Tray
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 (13) Norfolk - Norwich 1792 Arms of the City/Man working in a loom DH42 VF. Northamptonshire - Northampton 1794 George Jobson/Castle and Lion DH1 NVF, the reverse with a spot after the legend. Warwickshire (2) Coventry 1793 Lady Godiva/Elephant and Castle DH243a VF with some scratches on the obverse. Coventry 1793 Lady Godiva/An ancient cross DH246 VF with dome discoloration on the reverse. Middlesex (4) General Convenience 1797 Helmeted Bust/Britannia seated left, Edge: PAYABLE IN LONDON, the remainder engrailed DH1018 NVF with a small flan crack, Lackington's 1795 Profile bust/Small figure of Fame, Edge: milled to left DH357a GVF with a small spot on either side. National Series - 1795 Princess of Wales with ear-rind and four pearls in her hair, Edge: milled DH979 VF. Isaac Newton, Newton, with dot below Sr./Cauceus DH1033 Edge: Engrailed NVF/GF. Hampshire Emsworth 1795 RULE BRITANNIA Britannia 1795/Bust of Earl Howe, left DH24 Edge: PAYABLE IN LONDON the remainder engrailed VF. Lancashire (2) - Lancaster 1792 John of Gaunt/Shield, Edge: PAYABLE IN LONDON BRISTOL & LANCASTER DH29 Near VF, Manchester 1793 A porter carrying a pack/Shield of Arms Edge: Engrailed DH135e Near VF. Staffordshire - Leek 1793 DH13 Caduceus supported by a large bale of goods/two hands united, with an olive branch Edge: PAYABLE AT LEEK STAFFORDSHIRE DH13, NVF. North Wales 1793 Druid with 31 Acorns, 14 to the left and 17 to the right/A harp between sprigs of oak DH8 NVF
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