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 six strings, top of head under second stroke of A of ACT, top of harp to tail of R of PARLIAMENT, A of ACT taller than C, rev H M Co. cypher, TURNER CAMAC CHAIRMAN HALFPENNY, top of cypher C points to centre of H of CHAIRMAN, NY of HALFPENNY touch, end of flourish of downstroke of cypher M doubled, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (Atkins p.337, 80; D&H Dublin 269). Nearly very fine for issue and very rare.
ex Atkins Collection
ex L L Fletcher Collection, acquired 12 March 1904 for 3/6
Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin
Estimate: £80-100