BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, IRELAND, Hibernian Mine Company, Copper Halfpenny (5), 1792, obv seated figure of Hibernia left, INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792, top of head under centre of A of ACT, AME of PARLIAMENT touch, all harp strings extend into wing, rev H M Co. cypher, CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY, D of AND leans right, H of HALFPENNY recut to upper left, top of A of HALFPENNY above L, large oval-shaped cypher o leans right, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 116bis); obv INCORPOR of INCORPORATED recut to upper right, all letters of ACT recut at top, ARL and AM of PARLIAMENT touch, EN of PARLIAMENT above M and T, harp strings four through eight extend into wing, rev top of cypher C points to right side of D of AND, AMA of first CAMAC touch, AN of AND touch, AMA of second CAMAC touch, HA of HALFPENNY touch, NNY of HALFPENNY touch, 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 120); obv top of head under second stroke of A of ACT, L of PARLIAMENT larger than R and I, harp strings crudely executed, all harp strings 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 second stroke of N of AND, second N of HALFPENNY recut at top, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 121); obv RP and RAT of INCORPORATED touch, ARL and AM of PARLIAMENT touch, harp strings four through eight extend into wing, rev AN of KYAN nearly touch, D of AND recut to lower right, NNY of HALFPENNY touch, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 126); obv top of head under CT of ACT, lower left base to I of INCORPORATED, harp strings one through five very thin at top, rev Y of KYAN taller than K, ND of AND nearly touch, large oval-shaped cypher o leans right, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (Atkins p.335, 40; D&H Dublin 130). D&H 116bis and 121 fair, D&H 120 with reverse flan flaw, nearly extremely fine, D&H 126 nearly very fine, D&H 130 with surfaces lightly wiped, otherwise nearly fine for issue and exceptionally rare, others rare. (5)
Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin
Estimate: £150-250