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
Halfpennies18th Century (4) Middlesex 1795 National Series Princess of Wales/Prince of Wales Feathers and Portcullis as DH977 with 6 pearls in the hair GVF. Somerset - Bath 1789 George III bust right/Shield of Arms between sprigs DH27 EF with traces of lustre. Suffolk - Haverhill 1794 Man weaving in a loom/IF cypher within an oval DH31 GVF. Warwickshire - Birmingham 1792 John Howard/HH cypher DH145 About EF with some lustre
Halfpennies18th Century (7) Suffolk (3) Bury undated Gateway/Open book, Leatherdales edge DH29, EF with traces of lustre, Bury undated Gateway/Open book DH29 Coarse milled edge DH29d NEF toned, Ipswich undated, Town Arms with supporters/Man ploughing and ship sailing DH34 NEF, Warwickshire - Birmingham 1793 Figure of a boy/Shield with hedgehogs DH50 NEF, Birmingham - Bissets Temple interior, with hanging pictures/Ornaments of spar DH120 NEF, Wiltshire (2) Holt undated, Fame standing/Legend in 6 lines, DH3 Milled edge Near EF, Salisbury 1796 Grocers Arms and supporters/Cathedral Church of Sarum DH21 GVF,
Halfpennies18th CenturySuffolk (6) Blything 1794 Suffolk Yeomanry DH19 GEF with traces of lustre, Bungay 1795 Scroll/Figure of Justice DH21 UNC or near so and lustrous, Bungay 1794 Bigods Castle/Figure of Justice DH22 GEF, Bury, Shield of Arms of Bury St. Edmunds/PD cypher above crown DH26 GEF with traces of lustre, Bury undated, Michael Apsey's, milled edge DH28, GEF and lustrous, Sudbury 1793 DH39 GEF and lustrous
Halfpenny18th CenturySuffolk 1794 Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry, Sword point to L of SUFFOLK, DH19, edge error with star over G of GOD, A/UNC with traces of lustre
Halfpennies18th CenturyMiddlesex National Series (6) undated Prince of Wales/Royal Arms DH952, undated Prince of Wales/Royal Arms DH953, undated John of Gaunt/Royal Arms DH957, 1789 Bust of Prince Regent/Feathers DH968, 1795 Duke of York/Ship, 'Payable in Suffolk, Bath or Manchester' edge DH987a, 1794 Duke of York/Seated Female, edge 'Payable at Lancaster, London or Liverpool' DH989 edge variant NVF to VF
Tokens a high grade group (5) Penny19th CenturyWarwickshire 1812 Birmingham Union Copper Company UNC and attractively toned with traces of lustre, Halfpennies18th Century (7) Middlesex Skidmore's Churches and Gates, 1797 St.Margarets, Lothbury DH 605 UNC and prooflike with some original colour, Warwickshire 1792 Birmingham Hickmans DH144 Two buttonholes UNC with traces of lustre and a small edge flaw, NorfolkNorwich 1794 Richard Bacon edge DH13 UNC and lustrous with prooflike fields, Hampshire Petersfield 1793 DH47, Holland and Andrews edge GEF with traces of lustre, Hampshire Emsworth 1795 DH30 Smaller ship, Lancaster, London or Bristol edge UNC toned with traces of lustre, Suffolk Blything 1794 DH 19 Sword points to L UNC and superbly toned, EssexChelmsford 1794 DH6 UNC and nicely toned with traces of lustre, a very pleasing group
17th CenturyNorfolk (4) Norwich City Farthing 1670 W.228, Norwich City Farthings 1667 (2) W.225, each VG, Thornham Halfpenny W.259 VG holed, Suffolk (6) Ipswich 1670 Town Arms (2) W.158/9 VG and NF, Sudbury Richard West W.343 NVG, LowestoftW.224 Town Arms, Fine, Saxmundham Nicholas Shepherd, undated, Fine, Bury St. Edmunds 1669 Halfpenny Edward Barnbe Fine with a long flan crack
Penny 1796 SuffolkBungay Obverse and Reverse as DH2 the edge largely plain, possibly smoothed at some time, but with traces of the DOUBLE TOKEN etc. edge from DH1 VF with some contact marks, unusual
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
17th Century a mixed group (9) Herts Barnes 1655 John Rotherham, NorfolkLynn Regis Town 1669, Suffolk Saxmundham Thomas Knight , Wiltshire (2) Aldbourne 1656 John Adee, Devizes 1652 Grace Naish, Somerset (4) Taunton 1666 Abraham Crocker, Wells 1669 Town, Yeovil 1668 Town (2), in mixed grades VG-Good Fine
Middlesex18th centuryHalfpenny Tokens (6) C. Biggar, Spring Garden Coffee House 1796. Basil Burchill, sugar plums for worms. D.I.Eaton, printer London 1795. Pidcocks Exhibition, rev. Nylghau standing. Francis Shackelton, 1794, rev candle mould, Suffolk Street Haymarket. W.Williams 1795, London Prince of Wales plumes above portcullis. Generally AEF, Pidcocks with original lustre
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