Lancashire, Liverpool, Thomas Clarke, imitation Halfpence, 1791 (20), straight 1s in date (11), anglesey edge, reversed ns, 10.58g/6h (DH 79), anglesey edge, normal Ns, 9.13g/6h (DH 79b), anglesea edge, 9.72g/6h (DH 79c), bristol edge, 9.09g/6h (DH 79e), NUNEATON edge, 9.64g/6h (DH 79g), bedworth edge, 9.36g/6h (DH 79i), edge grained right, 9.29g/6h (DH 79j), edge grained left, 9.94g/6h (DH 79k), lancaster edge, 10.63g/6h (DH 83a), LIVERPOOL edge, 10.89g/6h (DH 83b), poor quality cast, anglesea edge, 9.33g/6h (DH 84); curved 1s in date (9), 12.68g/6h (DH 85), 11.93g/6h (DH 87 bis), 9.77g/6h (DH 88), 9.49g/6h (DH 89), 12.25g/6h (DH 90), 12.12g/6h (DH 91), 11.58g/6h (DH 92), 12.35g/5h (DH 93), 12.05g/6h (DH 94) [20]. DH 88 and 89 extremely fine with original colour, DH 79c, 84 and 94 very fine or better, others in varied state, some rare
£120-150

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

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Provenance: DH 79 bt B. Sailor August 1997; DH 79b, 79g and 92 bt S. Cordova November 1989; DH 79c bt J.A. Bobbe May 1997; DH 79e bt A. Davisson September 1993; DH 79i and 83a Fawcett/Litman Collection, Dr D.L. Spence Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 1313 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe November 2004; DH 79j bt P. Flanagan April 1980; DH 79k bt S. Cordova May 1988; DH 83b, 85 and 87 bis bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 84 and 93 bt S. Cordova June 1988; DH 88 bt J.A. Bobbe September 1994; *DH 89 and 94 bt R. Gladdle September 1986; DH 90 bt B. Sailor June 1981; DH 91 bt J. Spingarn November 1997