THE LATE ROBINSON S. BROWN JR COLLECTION (Part II - Middlesex)
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William Pitt, 1789, white metal medals (5), viz. by C. James, bust right, rev. GREAT BRITAIN legend, 33mm, 10.92g/12h (DH 212; Hawkins 8); by T. Wyon Jr (2), similar, GREAT BRITAIN legend, 10.55g/12h (DH 210; Hawkins 9), OLD ENGLAND legend, 33mm, 10.59g/6h (DH 211; Hawkins 11); unsigned (2), small bust three-quarters left, revs. MAY BRITAIN STILL FLOURISH, etc, 34mm, 10.70g/12h (DH 213 bis I; BHM 328), 11.93g/12h (DH 213 bis II; BHM 329) [5]. Generally about very fine, DH 212 with light tin pest, mostly rare, especially the last
£120-150
Provenance: DH 210 bt P. Flanagan March 1981; DH 211 bt A. Davisson November 1995; DH 212 F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln September 1903], T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 245 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 372; DH 213 bis I bt J. A. Bobbe January 1984 [from Baldwin]; *DH 213 bis II bt W. McKivor November 2000
560
Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, white metal medals (4), all from unsigned dies, chained slave kneeling right, rev. WHATSOEVER YE WOULD, etc, no stop after MAN, 32mm, 9.05g/5h (DH 234 bis; BHM 269), 33mm (3), 11.61g/12h (DH 235 bis I; BHM 269), 12.08g/12h (DH 237; BHM 269), 9.94g/12h (DH 238; BHM 269) [4]. First fair and with tin pest, others about very fine and better
£150-200
Provenance: DH 234 bis bt J.A. Bobbe April 2005; *DH 235 bis I The Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 96, 31 March 1993, lot 325 (part), W. Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 13, 25 April 2000 (610), recté 235 bis I; DH 237 bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 238 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 397 (part) [from R. Gladdle 1985]
561
Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned, chained slave kneeling right, rev. WHATSOEVER YE WOULD, etc, 33mm, 11.99g/12h (DH 235; BHM 269). Minor surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine £90-120
Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 96, 31 March 1993, lot 325 (part); W. Anderson Collection, Davissons Mailbid Sale 13, 25 April 2000 (609), recté 235
562
Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a silver medal, unsigned, chained slave kneeling right, rev. WHATSOEVER YE WOULD, etc, 33mm, 10.83g/12h (DH 235 bis IV; BHM 269). Fine, uneven blotchy appearance, very rare
£100-150 559
Lord Thurlow, 1789, white metal medals by C. James and T. Wyon Jr (2), bust left in cocked hat and wig, revs. WHEN WE FORGET HIM, etc, 33mm, 10.64g/6h (DH 218; Hawkins 18; BHM 332; Storer 6194), bust of William Pitt right, 33mm, 10.88g/12h (DH 219; BHM 331; Hawkins 12); Revd. Francis Willis, 1789, medals by C. James (2), bust half- left, rev. BRITONS REJOICE, etc, in pinchbeck, 13.81g/12h, in white metal, 11.65g/1h, both 33mm (DH 220; BHM 333; Hawkins 15; E 828; Storer 3790) [4]. First extremely fine, third about very fine, others good very fine
£60-80
Provenance: DH 218 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 376 (part) [from Spink 1973]; DH 219 bt P. Flanagan October 1980; DH 220 pinchbeck W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 376 (part) [from Spink 1989]; *DH 220 white metal bt A. Davisson May 1992
563
Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a brass medal, unsigned, chained slave kneeling right, rev. WHATSOEVER YE WOULD, etc, 33mm, 11.12g/12h (DH 236; BHM 269). Some rubbing on high points, otherwise about extremely fine
£100-150
Provenance: R. Lindesmith Collection, Bowers & Merena Auction (Georgetown, USA), 23-4 March 2000, lot 1641
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Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 397 (part) [from Baldwin 1994]
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