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 C of ACT, top of harp to stem of L of PARLIAMENT, AT of INCORPORATED below R, ED of INCORPORATED below T, E of INCORPORATED recut, 9 widely recut to upper right, rev H M Co. cypher, TURNER CAMAC CHAIRMAN HALFPENNY, top of cypher C points to second downstroke of H of CHAIRMAN, RN of TURNER touch, MA of CAMAC touch, NY of HALFPENNY touch, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 272, this token illustrated). Struck from a rusted obverse die, fine for issue and very rare.
ex Yeates Collection
ex Spink
ex L L Fletcher Collection, acquired 29 April 1913 for 1/3
Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin
Estimate: £150-200