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Auction 102  4 October 2016
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Lot 2718

Estimate: 150 GBP
Price realized: 200 GBP
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BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, IRELAND, Hibernian Mine Company, Copper Halfpenny (6), 1794, all edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR AT BALLYMURTAGH . + ., obv seated figure of Hibernia left, harp with thirteen strings, tops of harp strings three through five merge together, rev H M Co. cypher, CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY, loop of cypher C between AM of second CAMAC, top of cypher C points to middle of D of AND, MA of first CAMAC touch, NN of HALFPENNY touch (D&H Dublin 253); obv harp with twelve strings, strings four, nine and ten visible above wing, top of still points to middle of a leaf, rev loop of cypher C to first stroke of M of second CAMAC, MA of first CAMAC nearly touch, MA of second CAMAC touch, P of HALFPENNY taller (Atkins p.338, 92; D&H Dublin 254); obv harp strings ten and eleven barely visible above wing, tip of still points to middle of a leaf, series of clashed dentils to left and above still, foot above 9, rev loop of cypher C between AM of second CAMAC, top of cypher C points to middle of D of AND, MA of second CAMAC touch, top of cypher o open (D&H Dublin 255); obv harp with eleven strings, rim break below 94, rev loop of cypher C to first stroke of M of second CAMAC, MA of second CAMAC touch, P of HALFPENNY taller (D&H Dublin 258); obv harp with twelve strings, top of still points to middle of a leaf, 1 and 7 lean left, rust lump to right of 4, rev loop of cypher C between AM of second CAMAC, top of cypher C points to middle of D of AND, MA of first CAMAC touch, AMA of second CAMAC touch, upper left serif of Y of HALFPENNY recut (D&H Dublin 263); obv harp with eleven strings, large dot to right of 4, rev top of cypher C points to middle of D of AND, MA of first CAMAC touch, AMA of second CAMAC touch, Y of HALFPENNY above N (Conder p.191, 37; Atkins p.338, 96; D&H Dublin 267). Generally nearly very fine, D&H 267 better, D&H 253, 254, 255 and 263 rare, D&H 258 extremely rare. (6)

Turner Camac (1751-1830), John Kyan (1743-1801), and John Camac (1769-1843), partners in the Hibernian Mine Company, Dublin

Estimate: £150-200
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