BRITISH TOKENS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES
699
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Samuel Cooley, Halfpenny, standing figure of Hope, ship at sea in background, rev. bee-hive and bees on shield flanked by spades, crown above, edge plain, 10.04g/6h (DH 306a, the plate piece). Slightly off- centre and with striking split, otherwise good fine, of the highest rarity; no other specimens traced by the cataloguer
£300-400
As neither Hamer not Dalton possessed an example of this great rarity, it is postulated that the token was once owned by F.S. Cokayne; if this assumption is correct, it would appear that Cokayne’s original tickets do not seem to have survived
700
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Flynn, Farthing, sugar-loaf, rev. standing figure of Hope, edge plain, 2.80g/12h (DH 394 rev., different obv.). Graze in centre of reverse, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare; the obverse die apparently previously unrecognised
£50-100 Provenance: ‘Dublinia’ Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 21 February 1997, lot 185; bt M.J. Dickinson 701
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Talbort Fyan, Halfpenny, 1794, 9.38g/6h (DH 308); John Lloyd and Joseph Ridley, Halfpence, 1794 (4), 10.32g/6h (DH 338), 9.56g/6h (DH 340), 9.82g/6h (DH 342), 10.14g/6h (DH 343); Benjamin O’Brien [House of Industry], Halfpenny, 8.95g/5h (DH 27) [6]. Very fine to extremely fine, some better, but DH 340 lacquered
£100-150
Provenance: DH 27 ‘Dublinia’ Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 21 February 1997, lot 201 (part), bt M.J. Dickinson; DH 338, 340, 342 and 343 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 396 (part) [340 from Spink November 1980, 342 from J.A. Bobbe August 1979], bt M.J. Dickinson, additionally: DH 342 O.P. Eklund Collection
702
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Geale & MacBride, Halfpenny, 6.56g/12h (W 1813; DH 309 bis); together with other tokens of Co Dublin (24), viz. Dublin 4, 5a, 7, 10, 11, 14, 14a, 15, 15a, 308a, 309, 309d, 310, 324, 345, 348, 349, 350, 353, 376, 377, 382, 395 [25]. Generally fine
£150-200
Provenance: DH 7, 11, 15 and 15a ‘Dublinia’ Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 21 February 1997, lot 201 (part); DH 345, 350 and 352c M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 58, 30 April 1987, lot 396 (part) [345 from J. Whitmore June 1981, 352c from A. Davisson March 1975]
703
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, John Lloyd and Joseph Ridley, Pattern Halfpenny, 1794, in copper, unsigned, Justice standing, dividing date, THE LAND WE LIVE IN, denomination in exergue, rev. crowned L&R monogram, PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR HAROLDS CROSS FACTORY, edge plain, 9.19g/12h (DH McKivor 345 bis, this piece). Minor metal fault on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with brown patina, UNIQUE
£500-1,000
Provenance: Glendining Auction, 7 December 1983, lot 391; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B, 7-8 July 1998, lot 1411.
This most interesting piece, which first surfaced in 1983, would appear to pre-date the regular series of tokens by Lloyd & Ridley, on most of which the reverse legend transfers to the edge
704
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, John Ord, Halfpenny, 10.71g/6h (DH 5b); William Parker, Halfpence (4), 1794 (2), 8.77g/6h (DH 351), 9.52g/6h (DH 351b), 1795 (2), 9.47g/6h (DH 352), 9.56g/6h (DH 352b), Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, rev. HM CO cypher, 9.69g/6h (DH 354a) [6]. About extremely fine and better, DH 352 with considerable original colour but struck off-centre
£140-180
Provenance: DH 5b ‘Dublinia’ Collection, Whyte’s Auction (Dublin), 21 February 1997, lot 200 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B, 7-8 July 1998, lot 1382 (part), bt M.J. Dickinson; *DH 352 bt M.J. Dickinson
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