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ISLE OF MAN: James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, 1709-1736, AR halfpenny, Castle Rushen mint, Castlet

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:325.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
ISLE OF MAN: James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, 1709-1736, AR halfpenny, Castle Rushen mint, Castlet
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350.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2016 Sep 16 @ 14:27UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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ISLE OF MAN: James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, 1709-1736, AR halfpenny, Castle Rushen mint, Castletown, 1733, KM-4b.1, Pridmore-29a, silver strike, interior of cap of Maintenance plain, wing tip points to R of CHANGER, VF. In the Seneschal's office in Castletown, was found an old book entitled "A Book of Disbursements on the Coynage of the New Pence and Halfpence," with the sub-title inside the book "Disbursements on the Coynage of Brass money." From the particulars given in this book we learn that two men, Mr. Amos Topping and Mr. Samuel Dyall (and probably another man named Garner) came to the Isle of Man from London, by way of Liverpool, in January 1733. They brought with them " their chests and other instruments for coyning " and also " 11 casks of blank pence." The Disbursements include an item for " 22 tun of coales … for use of the Coyning," and also one for bricks, with which three furnaces were erected. The blacksmith, George Wilks, was paid for 62 weeks' work on the coinage, at 10/- per week British, and Topping and Dyall were also paid for 62 weeks' work, but they got 15/- per week. In addition the blacksmith's son, John Wilks, and several other named men, were employed on different processes. The coinage was completed in March 1734.