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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2686

Estimate: 150 GBP
Price realized: 110 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, IRELAND, Hibernian Mine Company, Copper Halfpenny (6), 1792, obv seated figure of Hibernia left, INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792, top of head under centre of A of ACT, AR and AM of PARLIAMENT touch, harp string six extends into wing, rev H M Co. cypher, CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY, MA of first CAMAC touch, MA of second CAMAC touch, NN of HALFPENNY touch, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR AT BALLYMURTAGH . + . (Atkins p.335, 30; D&H Dublin 95); obv ARL and IAM of PARLIAMENT touch, rev H M Co. cypher, CAMAC KYAN and M of second CAMAC recut on first stroke, MA of second CAMAC touch, L of HALFPENNY above A, 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 96); obv RP and RA of INCORPORATED touch, ARL and AME of PARLIAMENT touch, harp strings six and seven extend into wing, rev AN of KYAN nearly touch, AN of AND touch, AM of second CAMAC touch, HA and NNY of HALFPENNY touch, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 98); obv ATED of INCOPORATED touch, ARL of PARLIAMENT touch, harp strings two through eight extend into wing, rev AM of second CAMAC touch, NNY of HALFPENNY touch, serifs of A of HALFPENNY recut above and upper left serif of E recut, upper intersection of first stroke of cypher H and first stroke flourish of cypher M is notched on the right side, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR AT BALLYMURTAGH . + . (D&H Dublin 99); obv RA of INCORPORATED touch, ARL and IA of PARLIAMENT touch, 2 above 9, rev top of cypher C points to right of D of AND, AM of first CAMAC touch, AM of second CAMAC touch, AL and NN of HALFPENNY touch, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR AT BALLYMURTAGH . + . (D&H Dublin 106); obv ED of INCORPORATED below T, RATED of INCORPORATED recut to upper right, CT of ACT recut to upper right, ARL and AM of PARLIAMENT touch, 2 above 9, harp strings three through eight extend into wing, rev AM of first CAMAC touch, AM of second CAMAC touch, HAL and NY of HALFPENNY touch, 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 109). Generally near very fine to nearly extremely fine, all rare. (6)

Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin

Estimate: £150-250
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