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 eight strings, top of head under C of ACT, top of harp to tail of R of PARLIAMENT, T of INCORPORATED below A and E, P of PARLIAMENT low, 179 lean right, rev H M Co. cypher, TURNER CAMAC CHAIRMAN HALFPENNY, top of cypher C points to first downstroke of H of CHAIRMAN, H of HALFPENNY above A, P of HALFPENNY above F and E, NNY of HALFPENNY touch, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 292). Nearly fine for issue and very rare.
ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd
ex L L Fletcher Collection, acquired 28 January 1892 for 4d
Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin
Estimate: £80-100