Lot 1178
London - Haymarket, Francis Shackleton (tallow chandler) Halfpenny 1794
The Deane Collection of 18th Century Tokens | 112
Auction: 11 October 2023 at 12:50 BST
£192
Description
London - Haymarket, Francis Shackleton (tallow chandler) Halfpenny 1794, Royal Arms, rev. candle moulds, edge PAYABLE IN SUFFOLK STREET HAYMARKET .x., 29mm/9.17gm. (DH 476). Another similar but obv. leg. spaced slightly differently. 29mm/9.34gm. (DH 477). Another the same but edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON .x., 29mm/9.19gm. (DH 477a). London - Russel Court, Sims (publican of the ‘Garrick Head’) Halfpenny undated, Bust right of Garrick, rev. Masks of comedy and tragedy surmounted by a crowned thistle, edge plain, 29mm/8.23gm. (DH 478a). Another but in brass, edge diagonally milled, 30mm/9.45gm. (DH 478). Copper pieces generally Extremely Fine or better, DH 477a with almost full lustre and rare, last off‑metal piece about Extremely Fine with yellow toning and small patch of Verdigris on rev. but extremely rare ‘RRR’. [5]
DH 477a and off-metal piece ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets, last bought 20 Dec 1909 for 7/6. Acquired AHB c 1946.
