Essex, Braintree and Bocking, William Goldsmith, Halfpence, 1794 (5), period close to anchor, GOLDSMITHS edge, 9.20g/6h (DH 3; Judson –); period distant (4), GOLDSMITHS edge, 10.06g/6h (DH 4; Judson 1038), edge plain, 9.88g/6h (DH 4a; Judson 1038, this piece), SOUTH SHIELDS edge, 11.20g/6h (DH 4c; Judson 1038, this piece), CHICHESTER edge, 9.71g/6h (DH 4d; Judson 1038, this piece) [5]. DH 3 and 4 extremely fine with much original colour, DH 4a and 4c good very fine, DH 4d fine, last three all very rare
£150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: *DH 3 O.P. Eklund Collection, J.A. Bobbe Collection [acquired July 1979], bt J.A.B. March 1987; DH 4 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 96, edge misdescribed [from Spink 1973], bt A. Davisson September 1998; DH 4a, 4c and 4d Mrs Eileen Judson Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 1038 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe April 2003 [DH 4d from Spink 1970]