Lot 999
West Midlands, John Wilkinson Halfpenny...





Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
West Midlands, John Wilkinson Halfpenny 1787, bust of Wilkinson right, rev. man at a drop hammer, edge WILLEY SNEDSHILL BERSHAM BRADLEY, 29mm/14.47gm. (DH 345). Another similar but broader portrait and date in curved form, 29.25mm/14.29gm. (DH 352) Another similar but bust with shorter queue and date in straight numerals plus brickwork and window now visible in forge, 29.5mm/14.05mm (DH 359), all good Extremely Fine, first two with some lustre, third with original, full blazing mint lustre, this last scarce [3]. First ex ‘an old Surrey Col.’ via Mark Rasmussen Sep. 2016; third ex James Watt Col, via Morton & Eden Nov. 2002, lot 285; Ex. Baldwin’s Feb 2018





