THE LATE ROBINSON S. BROWN JR COLLECTION (Part II - Middlesex)
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Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. three armed citizens, edge grained, 9.21g/6h (DH 681c), heart and hand (4), SPENCE X edge, 10.95g/6h (DH 682), SPENCE * edge, 10.14g/6h (DH 682a), edge grained, 8.52g/6h (DH 682b), edge plain, 10.46g/6h (DH 682c) [5]. DH 682a about extremely fine and rare, others extremely fine, DH 682 with virtually full original colour but old scratches on Spence’s neck
£180-220
Provenance: DH 681c bt W. Anderson January 1996; *DH 682 O. P. Eklund Collection, bt J.A. Bobbe January 1984; DH 682a bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 682b bt J.A. Bobbe February 1982; DH 682c bt M.Z. Gerson January 1981
420
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. shepherd (2), obliterated date, edge plain, 10.74g/5h (DH 690b), unobliterated date, edge plain, 10.54g/5h (DH 690 bis), soldier and two citizens, SPENCE edge, 12.81g/12h (DH 691), boys at turnstile, edge plain, 10.28g/6h (DH 693), T SPENCE BOOKSELLER, etc, 10.20g/7h (DH 694) [5]. DH 690 bis and 693 about extremely fine, others better, DH 690b and 691 with considerable original colour, latter very rare
£250-300
Provenance: DH 690b SCMB June 1964, bt J.A. Bobbe 1984 [from J.D. King January 1981]; DH 690 bis bt J.A. Bobbe March 1997; *DH 691 bt J.A. Bobbe April 1999; DH 693 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 694 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1998
418
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Highlander, SPENCE edge, 12.49g/5h (DH 683), Indian, SPENCE edge, 11.14g/6h (DH 684), lion and cock (3), SPENCE * edge, 10.24g/6h (DH 685a), edge engrailed, 9.49g/6h (DH 685b), edge plain, 9.67g/6h (DH 685c) [5]. DH 683 extremely fine with much original colour, DH 684 very fine with some original colour, others about extremely fine and better but DH 685b with flan crack from edge to centre
£200-250
Provenance: *DH 683 with Seaby 1957, SCMB June 1964, bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 684 T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 195 (part) [from Spink May 1974], P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 370 (part), bt R. Gladdle January 1998; DH 685a O.P. Eklund Collection, bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 685b and 685c bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998
421
Mule Halfpence (6), T SPENCE BOOKSELLER, etc, revs. bust of Charles Fox, 10.11g/6h (DH 695), bust of Lord George Gordon, 10.04g/6h (DH 696), Marine Society boy, SPENCE edge, 12.21g/5h (DH 698), Minerva standing, 12.48g/5h (DH 699), Spaniard (2), SPENCE edge, 9.80g/6h (DH 700), edge plain, 12.52g/6h (DH 700b) [6]. DH 700b good fine, others about extremely fine and better but DH 695 with metal fault on obverse, DH 696 stained on obverse, DH 698 tarnished from old cleaning and DH 700 with striking crack
£150-200
Provenance: DH 695 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 248 (part) [from Baldwin], bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 696 SCMB June 1964, T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 322 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 590 (part); DH 698 and 700 bt F. Seymour September 1994; *DH 699 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981; DH 700b bt A. Davisson May 1992
419
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. conjoined heads of man and ass (3), SPENCE X edge, 11.03g/6h (DH 686), edge grained, 9.77g/6h (DH 686b), edge plain, 11.66g/6h (DH 686c), Cain slaying Abel, SPENCE edge, 12.59g/6h (DH 687), men under tree, SPENCE edge, 12.80g/5h (DH 689) [5]. DH 686c good fine and on a large spread flan with associated striking cracks, DH 687 very fine, others extremely fine, DH 686 with considerable original colour
£200-250
Provenance: *DH 686 bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 686b and 686c bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998; DH 687 T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 320 (part), bt A. Davisson May 1992; DH 689 bt W. Noyes May 1986
422
Mule Halfpence (5), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. bust of John Thelwall, 10.26g/6h (DH 701), bust of John Horne Tooke, 10.11g/7h (DH 702), Turk, 11.99g/5h (DH 703), Westminster collegian, SPENCE edge, 10.09g/6h (DH 704), legend beneath radiation, 9.95g/6h (DH 706) [5]. About extremely fine, DH 701 with some spotting both sides, DH 703 with one edge weak, last with dark patina £150-200
Provenance: DH 701 bt J. Spingarn March 1997; DH 702 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1984; DH 703 and *704 bt P. Flanagan August 1990; DH 706 bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998
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