Auction Catalogue

7 October 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 168 x

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7 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£260

Hampshire, Emsworth, Kempson’s mule Halfpence (11), all with bust of Earl Howe 1795, revs. large ship (5), BALLYMURTAGH edge, 9.63g/7h (DH 29a), DUBLIN edge, 9.26g/6h (DH 29b), SUFFOLK edge, 9.43g/6h (DH 29c), plain edge, 8.77g/6h (DH 29f; Cobwright E0020/T0010), CHARLTON edge, 9.65g/7h (DH 29h); small ship (4), LANCASTER edge, 9.68g/6h (DH 30), LONDON edge, 8.88g/6h (DH 30a), DUBLIN edge, 8.94g/6h (DH 30b), EVERY WHERE edge, 8.80g/6h (DH 30c); Britannia, 6.31g/6h (DH 31; Cobwright E0020/R0040); Genius seated, 5.95g/6h (DH 33) [11]. DH 29f and 30 extremely fine with much original colour, DH 29c, 29h and 33 fair, DH 31 poor, others generally very fine, some rare £80-100

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

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Provenance: DH 29a and *30 bt F. Seymour September 1994 [30 from R. Gladdle]; DH 29b bt M.Z. Gerson July 1978; DH 29c bt S. Cordova January 1990; DH 29f with R. Zander June 1963, J.A. Bobbe Collection [from J.D. King January 1981], bt J.A.B. January 1984; DH 29h bt P. Flanagan June 1997; DH 30a bt M.Z. Gerson April 1978; DH 30b bt M.Z. Gerson March 1982; DH 30c W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 151 (part) [acquired 1997]; DH 33 bt S. Cordova May 1988