THE LATE ROBINSON S. BROWN JR COLLECTION (Part II - Middlesex)
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High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (3), ruins of St Paul’s Covent Garden, revs. register stove, edge plain, 11.72g/6h (DH 527), men at forge, edge grained, 9.29g/5h (DH 528a), bust of George III right, SKIDMORE edge, 13.15g/6h (DH 529) [3]. All with usual light die flaw on obverses, about extremely fine and better, first two rare £120-150
Provenance: DH 527 bt F. Seymour September 1994; *DH 528a Davissons Mailbid Sale 6, 29 February 1996 (455); DH 529 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. September 1994
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Hyde Park, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. GB cypher, edge grained, 9.34g/12h (DH 535). Extremely fine with much original colour, scarce
£100-150 Provenance: Bt R. Gladdle August 1993
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High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. shield of arms dividing 1791, edge SKIDMORE HOLBORN LONDON, 12.75g/6h (DH 530). Usual light die flaw on obverse, almost as struck with virtually full original colour, rare
£120-150
Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 558 [from Spink 1987]
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Leather Lane, John Hancock, Halfpence (3), 1796 (2), shop front and umbrella, reads N19, 9.51g/11h (DH 320), umbrella, reads 19, 12.03g/12h (DH 321); 1798, edge grained, 11.05g/6h (DH 322) [3]. Last about extremely fine, others better, first with metal cud over ND of LONDON, all patinated
£150-200
Provenance: *DH 322 bt R. Gladdle September 1991; others bt J.A. Bobbe May 1989
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High Holborn, Skidmore’s mule Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. view of a street, SKIDMORE edge, 13.13g/6h (DH 531), bust of Earl Howe left, SKIDMORE edge, 12.51g/11h (DH 533) [2]. Usual light die flaw on obverses and both with surface marks in upper obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine, latter bronzed and rare
£90-120
Provenance: *DH 531 bt P. Flanagan August 1990 [from Baldwin]; DH 533 bt J. Spingarn March 1997
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Hyde Park, Gamaliel Skidmore, Halfpenny, man skating, rev. GS cypher, edge grained, 9.37g/4h (DH 534). From the reverse die in unflawed state, virtually as struck, chocolate-brown patina, very rare
£250-300
Provenance: M.Z. Gerson Collection [from J.A. Bobbe May 1978]; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 559
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Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Franklin Press, Halfpenny, 1794, printing press, rev. legend, edge plain, 7.46g/6h (DH 307a; Durst 315). Minor grazes in obverse field, otherwise about very fine
£150-200 Provenance: Bt M.Z. Gerson June 1979
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