Lot 671
Emsworth, General Circulation Halfpenny...
Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£360
Description
Emsworth, General Circulation Halfpenny 1794, Bust of Admiral Earl Howe left, rev. British war-ship ‘VAL.T BRITISH TARS’, edge PAYABLE AT LONDON R BRIGHTON ….., 27.5mm/7.69gm. (DH 14), Another but rev. KING AND CONSTITUTION, edge PAYABLE IN HULL AND IN LONDON, 28.5mm/8.35gm. (DH 20). Another the same but edge CURRENT EVERYWHERE, 29mm/9.79gm. (DH 20a). Another the same but edge diagonally milled, 29.5mm/10.15gm. (DH 20c). Another the same but edge plain, 29mm/9.73gm. (DH 20e). Another, but Britannia seated on rev. (2) 29.95mm/9.24gm. & 29mm/8.88gm. (DH 21). Another, a mule, obv. ‘A WAY TO PREVENT KNAVES GETTING A TRICK’ (Middx 831), 28.5mm/9.46gm. (DH 22). All good Extremely Fine except for DH 20e which is almost Extremely Fine, last three proof-like. First rare. [8]
DH 20a, 21 & 22 ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets. Acquired AHB c. 1946. DH 14 & 20 ex ‘An old Surrey Col.’ via Mark Rasmussen Sep. 2016.
