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 fourteen strings, top of head under C of ACT, top of harp to I of PARLIAMENT, LI of PARLIAMENT touch, rev H M Co. cypher, TURNER CAMAC CHAIRMAN HALFPENNY, top of cypher C points to second downstroke of H of CHAIRMAN, first C of CAMAC low, A of CHAIRMAN above H, H of HALFPENNY formed from two I's joined with a crossbar, NY of HALFPENNY touch, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR BALLYMURTAGH (D&H Dublin 303). Softly struck, better than very fine for issue and very rare.
ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd
ex L L Fletcher Collection, acquired 18 January 1911 for 1/-
Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin
Estimate: £80-100