THE LATE ROBINSON S. BROWN JR COLLECTION (Part II - Middlesex)
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Mule Halfpence (4), bust of Lord George Gordon without legend, rev. legend in 4 lines, SPENCE edge, 10.12g/7h (DH 782; BHM 227); Marine Society boy (3), revs. sailor, SPENCE edge, 10.02g/6h (DH 783), edge plain, 10.24g/6h (DH 783a), boys at turnstile, 9.90g/12h (DH 784) [4]. DH 782 about extremely fine, DH 783 very fine but scratched, others extremely fine with some original colour £120-150
Provenance: DH 782 bt M.Z. Gerson March 1978; DH 783 bt J.A. Bobbe December 1998; *DH 783a bt J. Spingarn March 1997 [from Baldwin]; DH 784 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 607 (part) [from Spink 1975]
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Mule Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. shepherd, SPENCE edge, 10.91g/12h (DH 788), boys at turnstile, 10.55g/6h (DH 789) [2]. First brilliant and virtually as struck, full original colour, second about extremely fine
£200-250
Provenance: *DH 788 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 607 (part) [from Baldwin 1978]; DH 789 bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998
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Mule Halfpenny, bust of Daniel Mendoza, rev. boxers, edge SPENCE DEALER IN COINS LONDON, 10.85g/6h (DH 785). Obverse very fine, reverse nearly so, dark patina
£100-150 Provenance: Bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981
Mule Halfpence (7), heads of man and ass conjoined, revs. man in prison gnawing bone, edge plain, 10.62g/1h (DH 790b), Cain slaying Abel, edge grained, 9.08g/11h (DH 791), lion and cock, edge grained, 8.83g/6h (DH 792), two men dancing round fire, SPENCE edge, 10.34g/9h (DH 793), pig (3), SPENCE * edge, 11.29g/6h (DH 794a), edge grained, 9.58g/7h (DH 794b), edge plain, 10.35g/6h (DH 794c) [7]. DH 792 good fine, others about extremely fine or better, DH 793, 794a and 794c with original colour, several very rare
£300-350
Provenance: DH 790b bt R. Gladdle September 1990; DH 791 S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 219 (part), F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 792 G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 106 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 611 (part), bt R. Gladdle November 1998; DH *793, 794a, 794b and 794c F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998 [794c from Baldwin November 1929]
443
Mule Halfpenny, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 9.36g/6h (DH 785a). Fields hairlined from brushing, particularly the obverse, otherwise good very fine, dark patina, very rare
£200-300 Provenance: Bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998 447 444
Mule Halfpence (2), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. Bridewell boy, 10.37g/6h (DH 786), Pandora’s breeches, edge plain, 10.49g/6h (DH 787) [2]. Extremely fine, first with considerable original colour, second with brown patina
£180-220
Provenance: *DH 786 SCMB June 1964, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 607 (part) [from Spink 1975]; DH 787 bt W. Anderson January 1996
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Mule Halfpence (7), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. heads of William Pitt and Charles Fox conjoined (2), SPENCE X edge, 10.67g/2h (DH 795), edge plain, 11.84g/6h (DH 795b), bust of John Horne Tooke (3), SPENCE edge, 10.98g/6h (DH 796), edge grained, 9.80g/6h (DH 796a), edge engrailed, 9.25g/11h (DH 796b), Tree of Liberty (2), edge grained, 9.07g/6h (DH 797), edge plain, 12.22g/5h (DH 797a) [7]. DH 795 very fine, DH 795b and 797a about extremely fine, latter re-toned, others extremely fine or better, DH 796 with much original colour, DH 796a with flaw across Tooke’s face, this, DH 796b and 797 very rare £350-400
Provenance: DH 795 bt P. Flanagan August 1984; DH 795b bt J.A. Bobbe January 1994; DH *796 and 796b bt W. Anderson January 1996; DH 796a F.W. Lincoln ‘No. 1’ Collection, F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln March 1934], W. Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 13, 25 April 2000 (675); DH 797 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 797a bt J.A. Bobbe March 1987
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