Rare Camac Kyan & Camac Dublin Halfpenny 1792

Rare Camac Kyan and Camac (Dublin) copper Conder halfpenny token dated 1792. Obverse: Hibernia seated to the left with her right hand on her knee and the left supporting a seven-stringed harp: “INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792”. Reverse: Cypher of “H M Co”, (Hibernian Mine Company), “CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPLNNY”, note the misspelling of “halfpenny”. Edge inscription: “PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR AT BALLYMURTAGH”. Listed in Dalton & Hamer as “R to RR - RARE to VERY RARE". Issued by The Hibernian Mine Company. which was started in 1790 and incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1792. The partners at the time of the token’s issue were Turner Camac, John Howard Kyan and John Camac. Good collectable condition for type, see photograph.

D&H Dublin No: 45. Diameter 28mm. F+. £25.00

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