THE LATE ROBINSON S. BROWN JR COLLECTION (Part II - Middlesex)
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Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned, chained slave kneeling right, rev. WHATSOEVER YE WOULD, etc, 33mm, 11.86g/12h (DH 237 bis; BHM 269). Extremely fine
£100-150
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 (612)
568
Thomas Paine, 1793, a white metal medal, unsigned, man hanging from tree, A TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT…, I DIE FOR THIS DAMN'D BOOK in speech bubble, rev. MAY THE TREE OF LIBERTY EXIST TO BEAR TOMMY'S LAST FRIEND, 32mm, 10.75g/12h (DH 209, the plate coin; BHM 366). Usual small flaws by obverse rim, even wear, fine, very rare
£300-350 Provenance: J.A. Bobbe Collection; bt J.A.B. August 1998
565
Death of John Howard, 1790, a white metal medal by W. Mainwaring, bust left, rev. HAUD ULLI, etc, 32mm, 9.23g/12h (DH 207; BHM 343); Richard Sheridan, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned [perhaps by W. Mainwaring], bust three-quarters left, rev. RESISTLESS WIT, etc, 35mm, 17.14g/12h (DH 217; BHM 346; E 835) [2]. About very fine and better, but first with light tin pest
£60-80
Provenance: DH 207 bt R. Gladdle January 1995; DH 217 bt R. Gladdle September 1992
569
Thomas Hardy Acquitted, 1794, a white metal medal by W. Lutwyche, Tower of London, rev. names of jurors, 33mm, 12.21g/6h (DH 206; BHM 379); copper medals (2), unsigned, bust three-quarters left, revs. names of jurors, THE JURY, 32mm, 14.10g/12h (DH 204; BHM 378), HIS JURY, 32mm, 13.56g/12h (DH 205; BHM 378) [3]. First about very fine but some tin pest on reverse, very rare, others very fine and better
£90-120
Provenance: DH 204 bt M.Z. Gerson December 1981; DH 205 bt R. Gladdle August 1989; *DH 206 bt J.A. Bobbe September 1994 [from Baldwin]
566
Daniel Mendoza and William Ward, 1791, a white metal medal by W. Mainwaring, bare heads of pugilists vis- à-vis, rev. boxers, oak branch above, date in exergue, 35mm, 11.83g/12h (DH 35; BHM 356). Extremely fine and very rare
£1,500-2,000
Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Lincoln January 1911]; Baldwin’s Auction 19, 4 May 1999, lot 517; J. Spingarn Collection FPL (88); J. Spingarn Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1116; bt J.S. April 2002
570
Trial of Daniel Eaton, 1794, a silver medal for the London Corresponding Society, unsigned, cock standing left, rev. THE KING VERSUS EATON, etc, around a list of the jurymen in 11 lines, 40mm, 25.80g/12h (DH 203; BHM 374). Extremely fine and attractively toned, of the highest rarity in silver
£1,500-2,000 567
Thomas Paine, 1793, a white metal medal, unsigned [possibly by W. Mainwaring], bust right, rev. man standing, regarding a mountain at right, on which crouches a mouse, two other figures at left, 33mm, 11.67g/12h (DH 208; BHM 365; E 851). Good very fine, rare
£200-300
Provenance: Bt J.A. Bobbe April 1999 These lots are illustrated on our web site
Provenance: Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 462; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 363; J. Spingarn Collection FPL (115); J. Spingarn Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1131; bt J.S. May 2002.
Only one other specimen in silver has been traced on the market (Murdoch sale, lot 195, bought by Hamer: as the piece did not pass through Hamer’s sale, it may be this same specimen)
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