£390
London - Soho, Robert Orchard, Skidmore’s Irish mule Halfpenny undated, Draped bust of Orchard
left, rev. JE & Co cypher (Cork 1), edge plain, 29mm/9.06gm. (DH 407). Another Skidmore Irish mule
1794, bare bust of Orchard right, rev. Fame flying left with trumpet (Cork 1), edge plain, 29.5mm/9.84gm. (DH 410). First with obv. die breaks otherwise both good Extremely Fine and both with considerable amounts of original mint lustre, especially first, both rare. [2]
First ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets. Acquired AHB c 1946; Second ex H C Drury Col., his ticket, sold via Glendining’s, 24 Apr.
1940.
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