THE LATE ROBINSON S. BROWN JR COLLECTION (Part II - Middlesex)
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Gates, Halfpence (17), Aldersgate (2), BUILT 1670, edge plain, 11.69g/12h (DH 647), BT 1670, edge plain, 12.12g/6h (DH 649); Aldgate, edge plain, 12.61g/12h (DH 646); Bishopsgate (2), undated, edge plain, 11.20g/12h (DH 650), 1797, edge plain, 12.16g/12h (DH 650 bis); Bridge Gate (2), undated, edge plain, 11.41g/1h (DH 651), 1797, edge plain, 11.56g/11h (DH 652); Cripplegate, edge plain, 9.63g/12h (DH 653); Ludgate (3), BT 1586 above building, edge plain, 11.12g/12h (DH 655), BUILT 1586, edge plain, 11.60g/12h (DH 656), BT 1586 at sides of building, edge plain, 11.57g/12h (DH 657); Moorgate, edge plain, 11.81g/12h (DH 658); Newgate, undated, edge plain, 11.34g/12h (DH 659a); St John’s Gate, edge plain, 11.53g/12h (DH 654); Temple Bar (2), edges plain, 10.15g/10h (DH 661), 11.65g/12h (DH 662a); Whitehall Gate, undated, edge plain, 11.23g/11h (DH 663) [17]. DH 647, 649 and 658 harshly lacquered, DH 663 stained, otherwise about extremely fine and better, DH 646, 650 bis, 659a, 661 and 662a with considerable original colour, DH 655 and 656 very rare, attractively patinated and exhibiting usual obverse die breaks, a comprehensive group
£300-400
Provenance: DH 646 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired December 1979], bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 647 bt M.Z. Gerson June 1978; DH 649 bt P. Flanagan July 1983; DH 650, 657 and 658 bt M.Z. Gerson April 1980; *DH 650 bis T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 316 (part) [from Baldwin], W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 582 (part); DH 651 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. March 1987; DH 652 T. Bliss Collection, R. Dalton Collection, T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 316 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 582 (part); DH 653 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 654 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection, bt J.A.B. October 1985; DH 655 and 656 bt J.A. Bobbe December 2000; DH 659a bt P. Flanagan August 1980; DH 661 with Collectors’ Shop, Birmingham, April 1980, bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 662a bt R. Gladdle May 1996; DH 663 J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired December 1979], bt J.A.B. March 1987
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Globe, Penny, 1797, Christ’s Hospital, rev. from the same die as previous, edge I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 23.44g/12h (DH 126). Small spot on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and very rare
£120-150
Provenance: R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 59 (part); with S.E. Schwer; bt S. Cordova February 1997
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Globe, Pennies, 1797 (2), obvs. New Excise Office, 18.56g/12h (DH 128), South Sea House, 26.49g/7h (DH 129) [2]. Extremely fine, first lacquered and marked, second with attractive surfaces, rare
£150-200
Provenance: DH 128 bt P. Flanagan May 1995; *DH 129 bt W. Anderson March 1996
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London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 1, revs. City arms within wreath, obvs. Bank of England, 24.83g/7h (DH 81), Drury Lane Theatre, 24.50g/12h (DH 82) [2]. About extremely fine or better, both with a little original colour
£150-200
Provenance: *DH 81 bt P. Flanagan August 1990; DH 82 bt A. Davisson December 1996
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Globe, Penny, 1797, Banqueting House, Whitehall, rev. globe, edge I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY, 26.79g/6h (DH 125). Struck from rusted dies, extemely fine with some original colour but lightly lacquered, very rare
£150-200
Provenance: T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 184; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 321 (part)
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London and Westminster, Pennies, 1797 (2), both type 1, obvs. King’s Theatre Haymarket, 24.37g/6h (DH 83), Trinity House, 24.37g/6h (DH 84) [2]. Extremely fine, first heavily lacquered, second from the obverse die with advanced flaw but with most attractive surfaces
£120-150
Provenance: DH 83 J.R. Farnell Sr Collection, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 8 December 1981, lot 98 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe May 1989; *DH 84 bt J.A. Bobbe November 1989
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