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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2692

Estimate: 80 GBP
Price realized: 50 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, IRELAND, Hibernian Mine Company, Copper Halfpenny, 1792, obv seated figure of Hibernia left, INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792, harp with nine strings, top of head under T of ACT, second A of PARLIAMENT below I, all harp strings narrow at the top, 7 and 2 above 9, rev H M Co. cypher, CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY, loop of cypher C to first stroke of M of second CAMAC, top of cypher C points to right of D of AND, Y of KYAN taller than K and A, NY of HALFPENNY touch, large oval-shaped cypher o leans right, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 158bis, this token illustrated). Surfaces wiped, otherwise nearly fine for issue and rare.

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

Estimate: £80-120
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