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 ten strings, top of head under A of ACT, ARL and IAM of PARLIAMENT touch, harp strings six, seven, nine and ten extend into wing, rev H M Co. cypher, CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY, loop of cypher C to second diagonal stroke of first A of second CAMAC, top of cypher C points to centre of D of AND, MA of first CAMAC touch, MA of second CAMAC touch, H of HALFPENNY recut to left, A of HALFPENNY below L, NN 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 159). Better than extremely fine and retaining much colour.
ex Gillespie Collection
ex L L Fletcher Collection, acquired January 1903
Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin
Estimate: £150-200