LOT 3405
England. North Yorkshire, York, John Orton AE Half Penny Token. Dated 1666.
✿ IOHN • ORTON • GIRDLER, Girdlers' Arms / ✿ IN ✱ YORKE ✱ 1666, HIS HALFE PENNY ✱✿✱ in four lines. Dickenson 424. Fair.(1.26gr, 20mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFound Sutton on the Forest, Yorkshire, UK, in March 2000.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an illustrated record slip by Jim Halliday dated 4 April 2000.
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LOT 3405
England. North Yorkshire, York, John Orton AE Half Penny Token.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Ireland. Talbort Fyan CU Halfpenny Token. 1794.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dublin mint. FOR THE HONOR AND USE OF TRADE, blindfolded Justice standing facing, head to right, holding sword with her right hand and scales with her left / TALBORT FYAN GROCER POOLBEG STREET DUBLIN *, triangular sugar-loaf on the left and brandy bottle inscribed BRANDY on label on the right; date below. Edge inscription: HALFPENNY PAYABLE AT DUBLIN CORK OR DERRY. DH 308. 9.70gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
England. North Yorkshire, Easingwold, Michaell Woodward AE Half Penny Token. Dated 1668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
★ MICHAELL • WOODWARD, male figure standing facing, smoking pipe / ★ OF • EESINGWOVLD • 1668; HIS HALFE PENNY ✿✿✿ in four lines. Dickenson 88. 1.39gr, 21mm, 12h.
Fine.
Found Huby, Yorkshire, UK, in December 2001. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an illustrated record card by Jim Halliday dated 20 January 2002. -
Ireland. Cronebane CU Halfpenny Token. Dated 1789.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Wicklow mint. CRONEBANE HALFPENNY, bust of Saint Patrick to right, wearing mitre / ASSOCIATED IRISH MINERS ARMS, shield of arms, crest a windlass dividing date. Edge inscription: PAYABLE AT BIRMINGHAM LONDON OR BRISTOL. DH 43b. 10.16gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
