Lot 928
Birmingham, Birmingham Coining and...
Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£240
Estimate: £100 - £140
Description
Birmingham, Birmingham Coining and Copper Company Halfpenny 1794, Commerce seated right holding fasces, rev. Stork and cornucopia, edge BIRMINGHAM REDRUTH & SWANSEA, 30.5mm/11.25gm. (DH 73). Another the same but edge PAYABLE AT LONDON LIVERPOOL OR BRISTOL, 28.5mm/10.43gm. (DH 73a). Another similar but spaced slightly differently, edge PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL 28mm/9.73gm. (DH 74c). Another the same but edge PAYABLE IN SUFFOLK BATH OR MANCHESTER, 29.5mm/10.00gm. (DH 74i). Another similar but further special differenced, edge PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL, 32mm/12.16gm. (DH 75c). Another the same but in brass, 30mm/11.93gm. (DH 75c), generally Extremely Fine or better, brass piece only good Very Fine, but extremely rare ‘RRR’, DH 74c and 74i very rare and latter probably unique, [6]
All apart from DH 73a ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets - DH 73, 74c, 74i and 75c bought 30 Dec 1905 from J Atkins for 3/-, 4/, 5/- and 2/-; DH 75c brass ex Fredrick Lincoln No. 1 Col. via Glendining’s 12 Feb 1934; from AHB 28 May 1934 for 3/6. Acquired AHB c. 1946.
