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 AC of ACT, 7 recut to left, harp string one does not touch wing, strings two through six extend into wing, rev H M Co. cypher, TURNER CAMAC CHAIRMAN HALFPENNY, top of cypher C points to second downstroke of H of CHAIRMAN, E of TURNER slightly above N and R, first A of CHAIRMAN above H, I of CHAIRMAN recut below, AN of CHAIRMAN low, F of HALFPENNY recut above, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 271). Nearly very fine and very rare.
Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin
Estimate: £70-90