Lot 674
Emsworth, General Circulation Halfpenny...
Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£264
Description
Emsworth, General Circulation Halfpenny 1795, Bust of Admiral Earl Howe left, rev. British warship sailing right, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON, 28.5mm/8.85gm. (DH 29b). Another but different edge, PAYABLE IN SUFFOLK BATH OR MANCHESTER, 28.5mm/9.28gm. (DH 29c). Another but plain edge, 27mm/6.91gm. (DH 29f). Another but much smaller ship on rev., edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL, 28mm/9.12gm. (DH 30). Another but different edge – PAYABLE AT LONDON . . . . . . . ., 28mm/8.83gm. (DH 30a). Another but different edge – CURRENT EVERY WHERE, 28mm/9.56gm. (DH 30c), all generally good Extremely Fine, some with traces of lustre – particularly first. DH 30c Rare. [6]
DH 29b ex F S Cokayne Col., his ticket, bought 1 Dec 1903 for 1/-; DH 29c ex F S Cokayne Col., his ticket, bought 20 May 1904 for 1/- from ‘Hutchins’; DH 30c ex F S Cokayne Col., his ticket, bought 7 Jul 1904 for 4/6. All three acquired AHB c. 1946.
