BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, IRELAND, Hibernian Mine Company, Copper Halfpenny, 1792, obv seated figure of Hibernia left, INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792, top of head under middle of A of ACT, lower left base slightly below first stroke of N of INCORPORATED, upper right base to first stroke of N of PARLIAMENT, IN of INCORPORATED touch, ARL and AME of PARLIAMENT touch, harp string five through seven extend into wing, rev H M Co. cypher, CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY, loop of cypher C to centre of first A of second CAMAC, top of cypher C points to stem of D of AND, stem of D of AND recut on left, lower intersection of first stroke of cypher H and first stroke flourish of cypher M meet with a thin line on the right side, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR AT BALLYMURTAGH . + . (D&H Dublin 61). Exceptional for issue, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin
Estimate: £80-100