Dublin (Ireland) 1792 Camac Kyan & Camac Conder 1/2d - D&H#89
Offered is a very scarce piece from the extensive 1792 Camac, Kyan & Camac tokens issued at Dublin, D&H#89. This particular example is of the distinct ‘7 strings / head under C’ variety, which is rated as RRR by Dalton & Hamer, retaining about as much detail is to be expected of the issue, as well as a wonderful mahogany patina.
The Ballymurtagh mine was acquired by John Howard Kyan sometime before 1780, after which time he went about establishing a partnership with Turner Camac (Chairman), John Howard Kyan, and John Camac (the Camacs were brothers). The Hibernian Mining Company was formed in 1790, and adopted the name of an old copper mine that had been stopped ‘since the time of the rebellion’ (Dalton and Hammer, 1996), being formally incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1792 after failed attempts to get permissions for smelting in 1783 & 1785. Operations at Ballymurtagh had ceased by 1800, when the company capital was £100,000 (Dalton and Hamer, 1996).
The Irish operated HMC operated across the river from the English Associated Irish Mine Company, and ‘not surprisingly, given their different pedigrees, there was little love lost between [them]’ (Morris, 2003). There is even a substantiated theory that they actively forged each other’s tokens, sometimes incorporating insulting varieties of inscription (Morris, 2003).
In all, a fascinating and rare piece for the specialized collector or history-buff alike!
Obv: INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
Rev: CAMAC KYAN CAMAC HALFPENNY
Edge: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN ON BALLYMURTAGH
Sources:
Dalton, R, and Hamer, S.H. 1996. The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd, Cold Spring, USA, 567pp [reprint of first edition, 1910].
Morris, J.H. (2003) ‘The Battle of the Tokens, 1789-1799: The Hibernian Mining Company v. The Associated Mining Company’ Journal of the Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland, 3, pp. 41-54
Offered is a very scarce piece from the extensive 1792 Camac, Kyan & Camac tokens issued at Dublin, D&H#89. This particular example is of the distinct ‘7 strings / head under C’ variety, which is rated as RRR by Dalton & Hamer, retaining about as much detail is to be expected of the issue, as well as a wonderful mahogany patina.
The Ballymurtagh mine was acquired by John Howard Kyan sometime before 1780, after which time he went about establishing a partnership with Turner Camac (Chairman), John Howard Kyan, and John Camac (the Camacs were brothers). The Hibernian Mining Company was formed in 1790, and adopted the name of an old copper mine that had been stopped ‘since the time of the rebellion’ (Dalton and Hammer, 1996), being formally incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1792 after failed attempts to get permissions for smelting in 1783 & 1785. Operations at Ballymurtagh had ceased by 1800, when the company capital was £100,000 (Dalton and Hamer, 1996).
The Irish operated HMC operated across the river from the English Associated Irish Mine Company, and ‘not surprisingly, given their different pedigrees, there was little love lost between [them]’ (Morris, 2003). There is even a substantiated theory that they actively forged each other’s tokens, sometimes incorporating insulting varieties of inscription (Morris, 2003).
In all, a fascinating and rare piece for the specialized collector or history-buff alike!
Obv: INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
Rev: CAMAC KYAN CAMAC HALFPENNY
Edge: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN ON BALLYMURTAGH
Sources:
Dalton, R, and Hamer, S.H. 1996. The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd, Cold Spring, USA, 567pp [reprint of first edition, 1910].
Morris, J.H. (2003) ‘The Battle of the Tokens, 1789-1799: The Hibernian Mining Company v. The Associated Mining Company’ Journal of the Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland, 3, pp. 41-54
Offered is a very scarce piece from the extensive 1792 Camac, Kyan & Camac tokens issued at Dublin, D&H#89. This particular example is of the distinct ‘7 strings / head under C’ variety, which is rated as RRR by Dalton & Hamer, retaining about as much detail is to be expected of the issue, as well as a wonderful mahogany patina.
The Ballymurtagh mine was acquired by John Howard Kyan sometime before 1780, after which time he went about establishing a partnership with Turner Camac (Chairman), John Howard Kyan, and John Camac (the Camacs were brothers). The Hibernian Mining Company was formed in 1790, and adopted the name of an old copper mine that had been stopped ‘since the time of the rebellion’ (Dalton and Hammer, 1996), being formally incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1792 after failed attempts to get permissions for smelting in 1783 & 1785. Operations at Ballymurtagh had ceased by 1800, when the company capital was £100,000 (Dalton and Hamer, 1996).
The Irish operated HMC operated across the river from the English Associated Irish Mine Company, and ‘not surprisingly, given their different pedigrees, there was little love lost between [them]’ (Morris, 2003). There is even a substantiated theory that they actively forged each other’s tokens, sometimes incorporating insulting varieties of inscription (Morris, 2003).
In all, a fascinating and rare piece for the specialized collector or history-buff alike!
Obv: INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
Rev: CAMAC KYAN CAMAC HALFPENNY
Edge: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN ON BALLYMURTAGH
Sources:
Dalton, R, and Hamer, S.H. 1996. The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd, Cold Spring, USA, 567pp [reprint of first edition, 1910].
Morris, J.H. (2003) ‘The Battle of the Tokens, 1789-1799: The Hibernian Mining Company v. The Associated Mining Company’ Journal of the Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland, 3, pp. 41-54