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Hampshire, Portsea, George Sargeant, Halfpence, 1794 (11), javelin just above A (7), revs. no legend (2), PORTSEA edge, 9.47g/6h (DH 68), plain edge, 10.29g/6h (DH 68a), HALFPENNY (2), PORTSEA edge, 10.59g/6h (DH 69), STORE edge, 10.53g/6h (DH 69a), PAYABLE (3), all PORTSEA edges, 10.47g/6h (DH 70), 10.18g/6h (DH 71), 10.26g/6h (DH 72); javelin to A, PORTSEA edge, 10.52g/6h (DH 73); javelin distant from A (3), PORTSEA edge, 10.27g/6h (DH 75), plain edge, 10.79g/6h (DH 75a), PORTSEA edge, 11.20g/6h (DH 76); mule Halfpenny, rev. Britannia, 7.45g/6h (DH 77); imitation Halfpence, 1794 (2), PORTSEA edge, 8.33g/6h (DH 74), PAYABLE AT SHARPS PORTSMOUTH And caldecotts chichester edge, 7.31g/12h (DH 74, edge unlisted) [14]. DH 68 and 73 about extremely fine, others in varied state, some rare, especially the last £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 68 bt R. Gladdle June 1991; DH 68a bt J.A. Bobbe November 1996; DH 69 bt A. Davisson July 1996; DH 69a bt J.A. Bobbe August 1997; DH 70 bt M.Z. Gerson July 1979; DH 71 bt S. Cordova March 1990; DH 72 and 75 bt T. Madigan February 1993; *DH 73 S.V. Hagley Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 166 (part), bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998; DH 74 bt R. Gladdle April 1988 [from Baldwin]; DH 74 edge unlisted W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 166 (part) [from P. Flanagan June 1983]; DH 75a bt J. Spingarn August 1997; DH 76 bt S. Cordova May 1990; DH 77 A Fine Collection of 18th Century Hampshire Tokens, SNC January 1972 (904), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 165 (part)