Lot 815
Bath, William Gye Halfpenny 1794, Bust left...
Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£156
Description
Bath, William Gye Halfpenny 1794, Bust left of John Howard the prison reformer, rev. Benevolence instructing the opening of gaols, edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL, 28mm/9.34gm. (DH 35a). Another similar but different rev. legend, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON .+.+., 28.5mm/8.98gm. (DH 36a). Another the same but edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL, 28mm/9.23gm. (DH 36c). Another the same but edge PAYABLE AT LONDON OR DUBLIN, 29mm/9.38gm., (DH 36d). Another the same but edge MASONIC HALFPENNY TOKEN MDCCXCIV, 28mm/9.41gm. (DH 36e). Another – mule halfpenny no date, rev. Britannia seated left, edge plain and rounded, 30mm/11.18gm. (DH 37), All Extremely Fine or better and all toned with small amounts of lustre, last with iridescence to toning, First two and last rare. [6]
Last ex Spink (their ticket c. 2008) – possibly ex F S Cokayne.
