Lot 723
Lancaster, Contemporary imitations of...
Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£288
Description
Lancaster, Contemporary imitations of Worswick’s Halfpenny 1792, Bust left of John of Gaunt (with ring like flaw on his nose), rev. Lancaster Arms, edge PAYABLE IN LONDON BRISTOL & LANCASTER -x-, 29mm/10.07gm. (DH 29a). Another the same, 29mm/9.78gm. (DH 29a). Another the same but edge CAMBRIDGE BEDFORD AND HUNTIGDON, 29mm/9.50gm. (DH 29b). Another the same but edge PAYABLE AT CLOUGHER OR IN DUBLIN -XX-, 28.5mm/9.93gm. (DH 29c). Another the same but edge CURRENT EVERYWHERE, 29mm/10.59gm. (DH 29e). Another but edge diagonally milled, 29.5mm/8.84gm. (DH 29f). Another but edge plain, 29mm/9.8gm (DH 29g), Another but with a hexagonal star below breast, 30mm/11.26gm. (DH 30). Another but no star below breast, 29mm/8.67gm. DH 31a, all good Extremely Fine except for second DH 29a which is Extremely Fine, all with traces of lustre, more on DH 29g. First two rare. [9]
Following ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets – first DH 20a bought 20 Dec 1925 for 1/‑; 29c bought 8 May 1904 for 2/6.; 29e bought 1 Aug 1903 for 9d.; 29f bought 1 Oct 1903 for 1/-.; 29g bought 7 Sep 1905 for 6d. Acquired AHB c. 1946. Second DH 20a and 29b ex H C Drury Col., his tickets, sold via Glendinings, 24 Apr. 1940.
