BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, IRELAND, William Lutwyche, (1754-1801), toymaker, later token manufacturer, Temple Row and St Philip churchyard, Imitation Copper Halfpenny (2), 1792, obv seated figure of Hibernia left, INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792, harp with six strings, top of head under and touching AC of ACT, RP and RAT of INCORPORATED touch, ARL and AM of PARLIAMENT touch, harp strings two through five extend into wing, date slightly curved, 1 and 2 smaller than 7 and 9, rev H M Co. cypher, CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY, loop of cypher C to first stroke of M of second CAMAC, MA of first CAMAC touch, AM of second CAMAC touch, ENNY of HALFPENNY touch, edge PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR AT BALLYMURTAGH . + . . + . (Conder p.187, 18; Atkins p.334, 26; D&H Dublin 42); edge PAYABLE AT JOHN MATHEWS . + + + + (Atkins p.334, 26c; D&H Dublin 42c). Both nearly extremely fine, D&H 42c struck from a rusted obverse die, D&H 42 rare. (2)
Estimate: £80-100