THE LATE ROBINSON S. BROWN JR COLLECTION (Part II - Middlesex)
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Old Cavendish Street, Richard Summers, Halfpence, 1797 (2), small cypher, 15.39g/6h (DH 905), large cypher, 16.16g/6h (DH 906) [2]. First with some minor spotting on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, very rare, second fine
£150-200
Provenance: *DH 905 bt R.J. Shalowitz May 1986 [from J.A. Bobbe]; DH 906 bt R. Gladdle August 1993.
A note on the Bobbe envelope states ‘plate on cover of Bobbe No.1 catalog’
Provenance: Bt F. Seymour September 1994
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Piccadilly, London Corresponding Society, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, man hanging from gallows, cap of Liberty and obelisk, rev. LCS cypher, edge grained, 11.62g/6h (DH 290). Extremely fine with considerable original colour
£100-150
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321
Piccadilly, George Bayly, Halfpenny, crocodile and tree, rev. rattlesnake and tree, edge plain, 12.00g/6h (DH 253). Good very fine, dark patina
Provenance: Bt M.Z. Gerson March 1982
£50-70
Piccadilly, London Corresponding Society, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. obelisk and masonic emblems, edge engrailed, 9.02g/6h (DH 291; Harris –; Bell, p.159, this piece). Obverse slightly discoloured at lower left, otherwise extremely fine with original colour, extremely rare and the most desirable of all the masonic tokens of the period
£300-400
Provenance: R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 75; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 433
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Piccadilly, London Corresponding Society, Halfpence, 1795 (3), L touches robe, edge grained, 10.13g/6h (DH 286), BIRMINGHAM edge, 7.13g/6h (DH 286a), DUBLIN edge, 8.73g/6h (DH 286b); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpence (10), bust of the Prince of Wales (2), AN ASYLUM edge, 8.09g/6h (DH 287), edge plain, 8.24g/6h (DH 287a), bust of Princess of Wales, DUBLIN edge, 8.86g/6h (DH 288), clasped hands (6), ANGLESEY edge, 7.59g/6h (DH 289), BRIGHTON edge, 7.00g/12h (DH 289a), LONDON CORK OR BELFAST edge, 9.22g/6h (DH 289b), SEA BATHING edge, 7.37g/3h (DH 289d), AN ASYLUM edge, 8.13g/12h (DH 289e), edge plain, 6.65g/6h (DH 289f), seated Britannia, edge plain, 7.37g/6h (DH 289 bis) [13]. DH 286 extremely fine with much original colour, others in varied state, some very rare
£100-150
Provenance: *DH 286 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 286a bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 286b and 287 bt S. Cordova September 1989; DH 287a bt J.A. Bobbe August 2000; DH 288 bt W. McKivor August 2000; DH 289 bt 1997; DH 289a, 289b and 289e bt J. Spingarn August 1997; DH 289d bt S. Cordova February 1988; DH 289f bt J.A. Bobbe October 1999; DH 289 bis bt J.A. Bobbe March 2001
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Rupert Street, issuer uncertain, Halfpence (2), edge plain, 7.48g/6h (DH 472), BIRMINGHAM edge, 9.59g/5h (DH 472a); Russell Court, Sim, Halfpence (2), edge grained, 9.61g/6h (DH 478), edge plain, 9.44g/6h (DH 478a); St James’s Street, William Stinton, Halfpence, 1795 (2), WAREHOUSE edge, 8.78g/3h (DH 904), DUBLIN edge, 9.03g/6h (DH 904a); Snow Hill, Thomas Hatfield, Halfpenny, 1795, 8.85g/5h (DH 323); Spring Gardens, Charles Biggar, Halfpence, 1796 (3), SPRING GARDEN (2), edge plain, 7.40g/6h (DH 255a), MONTROSE edge, 9.04g/6h (DH 255b), SPRING- GARDEN, edge plain, 9.51g/12h (DH 256) [10]. DH 472, 478, 478a, 904 and 904a about extremely fine and better, DH 255b good fine and extremely rare, others generally very fine
£100-150
Provenance: DH 255a bt J. Bobbe October 2001; DH 255b bt S. Cordova July 1993; DH 256 bt R. Grellman March 1982; DH 323 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 472 bt R. Gladdle September 1990; DH 472a bt R. Gladdle April 1988; DH 478 bt P. Flanagan February 1994; *DH 478a bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 904 bt J. A. Bobbe April 1993; DH 904a bt P. Flanagan March 1981
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