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 seven strings, top of head under C of ACT, top of harp to lower left serif of L of PARLIAMENT, second A of PARLIAMENT below I, EN of PARLIAMENT touch, 9 above 7, 2 above 9, harp strings thin and widely spaced, 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, AM of CAMAC touch, NN of HALFPENNY touch, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 285). Better than fine for issue and very rare.
ex Edgeworth Collection
ex L L Fletcher Collection, acquired 19 February 1903 for 6d
Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin
Estimate: £80-100